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03 Jun 2014, 21:22
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Hello friends
After finishing my maths prep, I am starting with verbal with SC. The dilemma I face is some what peculiar. I have been a voracious reader of english novels from my school days so I consider my self to be somewhat decent. Even when I am answering questions of SC without going through the SC material of MGMAT , I am able to discern the flaw in the options and pick up the correct option 80~90% of times. However when I go through the extremely informative articles posted over , the nitty gritty of the language ( gerunds , modifiers , subject-verb agreement etc) , I get paranoid. Subconsciously , it appears that I am able to pick up the right option because of maybe the investment I made in reading novels in my school / college days.
Is this a dicey situation ? The reason I am asking is because say even an author as masterful as Naipaul might be taking literary liberties in his novels and not using the "GMAT" prescribed English.
Sorry if the query is off the topic but reading the various posts on this forum is really scaring.
After finishing my maths prep, I am starting with verbal with SC. The dilemma I face is some what peculiar. I have been a voracious reader of english novels from my school days so I consider my self to be somewhat decent. Even when I am answering questions of SC without going through the SC material of MGMAT , I am able to discern the flaw in the options and pick up the correct option 80~90% of times. However when I go through the extremely informative articles posted over , the nitty gritty of the language ( gerunds , modifiers , subject-verb agreement etc) , I get paranoid. Subconsciously , it appears that I am able to pick up the right option because of maybe the investment I made in reading novels in my school / college days.
Is this a dicey situation ? The reason I am asking is because say even an author as masterful as Naipaul might be taking literary liberties in his novels and not using the "GMAT" prescribed English.
Sorry if the query is off the topic but reading the various posts on this forum is really scaring.
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08 Jun 2014, 18:18
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Hi himanshujovi,
First - just a quick note about your subject "Query from test veterans..." -- should be "Query FOR test veterans" --I realize this is just a typo but worth pointing out because this kind of distinction may be actually be important for a test question.
And to your situation as an avid literature reader -- well, guess what --the GMAT isn't the same as writing a novel! When one writes a novel, one can use all kinds of liberties and vernacular/styles, etc. But with GMAT -- there are preferred ways and there are not as preferred ways. Although some may try to teach you all the fancy grammar terminology -- in the end it's really a lot simpler than that. All you need to do is identify which one is the best of the available answer choices.
If you're the kind of person who likes to put fancy labels on various sentence structures and that works for you -- then go for it. That's now how we do it -- and we can still get solid results without that approach. Different strokes for different folks.
First - just a quick note about your subject "Query from test veterans..." -- should be "Query FOR test veterans" --I realize this is just a typo but worth pointing out because this kind of distinction may be actually be important for a test question.
And to your situation as an avid literature reader -- well, guess what --the GMAT isn't the same as writing a novel! When one writes a novel, one can use all kinds of liberties and vernacular/styles, etc. But with GMAT -- there are preferred ways and there are not as preferred ways. Although some may try to teach you all the fancy grammar terminology -- in the end it's really a lot simpler than that. All you need to do is identify which one is the best of the available answer choices.
If you're the kind of person who likes to put fancy labels on various sentence structures and that works for you -- then go for it. That's now how we do it -- and we can still get solid results without that approach. Different strokes for different folks.
08 Jun 2014, 18:58
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Thanks for this. The reason I raised this query was because I admit that I am not always able to correct a sentence in isolation(eg various in chapter exercises of Manhattan) but when I see similar questions in GMAT pattern i.e. with options and underlined portion, I am able to pinpoint the right option most of time instinctively. When I read the explanations which go into justifying the right answer, I get baffled.
PS -Ooops for the header mistake. This was due to perhaps fast typing over mobile keyboard. But again if I get five options, I will never choose FOR. [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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PS -Ooops for the header mistake. This was due to perhaps fast typing over mobile keyboard. But again if I get five options, I will never choose FOR. [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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