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21 Feb 2023, 09:07
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I took the GMAT exam just a few days ago. And, I think I never encountered such a question before. I still can remember the structure of the SC question, and 2 answer choices that are left for me to choose is very similar except one of them has a comma.
So, the question here to any GMAT expert out there is, does GMAT ever tested the usage of comma? I never seen such a question in which the comma is the only difference between two answer choices. The correct answer choice should be either with or without a comma. (Note: it was a fully-underlined SC question)
The structure is roughly as follows:
[Subject], besides, [verb + PP phrase], [verb] + blablabla.
[Subject], besides [verb + PP phrase], [verb] + blablabla.
I am sure that other 3 answer choices were wrong because of obvious grammatical errors.
So, the question here to any GMAT expert out there is, does GMAT ever tested the usage of comma? I never seen such a question in which the comma is the only difference between two answer choices. The correct answer choice should be either with or without a comma. (Note: it was a fully-underlined SC question)
The structure is roughly as follows:
[Subject], besides, [verb + PP phrase], [verb] + blablabla.
[Subject], besides [verb + PP phrase], [verb] + blablabla.
I am sure that other 3 answer choices were wrong because of obvious grammatical errors.
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21 Feb 2023, 09:21
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Hi amirsaf1.
Generally, the GMAT doesn't make the only difference between two choices the presence or absence of a comma. Rather, what it does with regard to commas is usually something along the lines of the following:
- It uses a comma where some other type of punctuation, such as a semicolon, would make more sense.
- It misuses commas that set off an element of a sentence such as a modifier or omits such commas where they are necessary.
So, what may have been going on in that question is that a comma was or was not needed to set off an element of the sentence, meaning that either having or omitting the comma was better.
That said, given that the entire sentence was underlined, it's virtually certain that the use or omission of that comma was not the only reason one version was better than the other. In such a long choice, there would be more going on.
Generally, the GMAT doesn't make the only difference between two choices the presence or absence of a comma. Rather, what it does with regard to commas is usually something along the lines of the following:
- It uses a comma where some other type of punctuation, such as a semicolon, would make more sense.
- It misuses commas that set off an element of a sentence such as a modifier or omits such commas where they are necessary.
So, what may have been going on in that question is that a comma was or was not needed to set off an element of the sentence, meaning that either having or omitting the comma was better.
That said, given that the entire sentence was underlined, it's virtually certain that the use or omission of that comma was not the only reason one version was better than the other. In such a long choice, there would be more going on.
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21 Feb 2023, 09:39
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I forgot to mention why the other 3 answer choices were wrong because they all include "beside" rather than "besides". I believe that beside is obviously wrong because there were 2 actions that are done by the same subject.
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