GMAT Sentence Correction: 9 Most Common Errors!!!

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﻿GMAT Sentence Correction: 9 Most Common Errors

Every day we'll be finding discussions of interesting and tricky questions from previous years. We will be finding 5-10 Sentence Correction topics every day based on Most Common Errors tested on the GMAT: 
   subject-verb agreement errors,  
  grammar, meaning, concision errors, 
  parallelism errors,  
  pronoun errors,  
  modifier errors,  
  verb tense, mood and voice errors,  
  comparison errors,  
  idiomatic errors 
  sentence structure and style errors,

Study those hand-picked tough and tricky questions which have not been discussed for at least a year or two (you may have missed them otherwise) and review replies and tips from our expert team and prominent members.

Theory Article  - How to Solve any Sentence Correction Question 
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WaterFlowsUp · Accepted Answer

September 17th (day 1): Subject-verb agreement errors.

the-period-when-the-great-painted-caves-at-lascaux-and-93734.html
the-number-of-acres-destroyed-by-wildfires-which-have-107562.html
new-genetic-evidence-together-with-recent-studies-of-elephan-125269.html
although-napoleons-army-entered-russia-with-far-more-81522.html
most-of-the-purported-health-benefits-of-tea-comes-from-105341.html
with-its-plan-to-develop-seven-and-a-half-acres-of-shore-79393.html
the-computer-software-being-designed-for-a-project-studying-56313.html
the-new-image-of-stone-age-people-as-systematic-hunters-of-131584.html

Theory on Subject - Verb Agreement
Subject - Verb Agreement

WaterFlowsUp · Answer

September 27th (day 9): Sentence Structure, Style & Usage, and Misc Concepts

Practice Questions

in-1995-richard-stallman-a-well-known-critic-of-the-patent-system-22582.html#p149450
tuberculosis-a-major-cause-of-death-in-most-of-the-third-102530.html#p796969
the-characteristic-phenomenon-of-mass-suicide-by-thousands-102946.html#p801186
among-anbara-salam-al-khalidi-s-publications-are-arabic-142408.html
everyone-deserves-a-break-learn-a-lil-and-laugh-a-lil-with-135009.html
although-some-officials-noted-that-using-machines-for-128571.html
a-new-study-of-old-data-on-roughly-30-000-u-s-children-105072.html

Theory on Sentence Structure, Style & Usage, and Misc Concepts:

Mau5
Unmasking Independent clauses and Dependent clauses

Magoosh
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/repeating- ... -the-gmat/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2010/20-commonl ... -the-gmat/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/active-verbs-on-the-gmat/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/common-par ... orrection/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... d-clauses/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... d-clauses/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/absolute-p ... -the-gmat/

e-GMAT
alien-words-not-so-alien-136331.html?hilit=Grammar%20Vs%20Logic
learn-how-that-can-help-you-demystify-a-long-sentence-138358.html?hilit=Learn%20how%20That%20can%20help%20you%20demystify%20a%20long

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September 18th (day 2): Grammar, meaning, concision errors.

meaning-clarity-1-american-heart-association-researchers-143449.html
meaning-based-heartless-human-beings-124297.html
meaning-based-2-mrs-merckel-124298.html
as-the-former-chair-of-the-planning-board-for-18-consecutive-69993.html
initiated-five-centuries-after-europeans-arrived-in-the-new-94372.html

Theory
e-GMAT - 5 Strategies that GMAT uses to distort Meaning

WaterFlowsUp · Answer

September 19th (day 3): Parallelism errors.

scientists-have-recently-discovered-what-could-be-the-9394.html
geologists-believe-that-the-warning-signs-for-a-major-67394.html
the-judge-told-the-jury-that-he-had-excused-a-juror-for-108613.html
neanderthals-had-a-vocal-tract-that-resembled-those-of-the-75586.html
building-on-civilizations-that-preceded-them-in-coastal-130798.html
salt-deposits-threaten-to-destroy-the-mohenjodaro-excavation-120675.html
over-75-of-the-energy-produced-in-france-derives-from-123735.html

Theory on parallelism:
Parallelism - Grammar vs Logic
PARALLELISM: IMPERFECT LIST
MARKERS FOR PARALLEL LIST

WaterFlowsUp · Answer

September 20th (day 4): Pronoun errors,.

archaeologists-in-ireland-believe-that-a-recently-discovered-48761.html
scientists-have-observed-large-concentrations-of-heavy-metal-83015.html
in-hungary-as-in-much-of-eastern-europe-an-overwhelming-89643.html
this-picture-of-beethoven-was-sketched-by-a-close-friend-of-91452.html
under-a-provision-of-constitution-that-was-never-applied-102889.html
rivaling-the-pyramids-of-egypt-or-even-the-ancient-cities-of-125274.html
thelonious-monk-who-was-a-jazz-pianist-and-composer-95232.html
before-its-independence-in-1947-britain-ruled-india-as-a-109904.html

Theory
New Article by eGMAT
Pronoun Errors

WaterFlowsUp · Answer

September 23rd (day 5): Modifiers

need-a-better-way-to-solve-112005.html#p906621
although-partially-destroyed-the-archaeologists-were-able-131118.html#p1076819
most-of-the-archaeological-treasures-in-this-unusual-exhibit-142403.html#p1143369
making-use-of-contemporary-diaries-and-letters-florey-s-136885.html#p1110650
the-world-wildlife-fund-has-declared-that-global-warming-a-140340.html#p1129602
often-visible-as-smog-ozone-is-formed-in-the-atmosphere-111075.html
a-letter-by-mark-twain-written-in-the-same-year-as-the-128351.html
rising-inventories-99562.html
based-on-accounts-of-various-ancient-writers-scholars-have-107639.html

Theory on Modifiers:
a-primer-on-noun-phrases-and-noun-modifiers-135910.html#p1105284
noun-modifiers-can-modify-slightly-far-away-noun-135868.html#p1105003
verb-ed-modifiers-cannot-jump-over-verbs-158426.html#p1259569
verb-ing-modifiers-part-2-in-our-first-article-on-verb-ing-135567.html#p1102952
usage-of-verb-ing-modifiers-135220.html#p1101074
ed-forms-verbs-or-modifiers-134691.html#p1097934
noun-noun-modifiers-before-we-start-discussing-about-the-137292.html#p1112971

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September 24th (day 6): Verb Tense, mood and voice erros

after-the-civil-war-contemporaries-of-harriet-tubmans-83773.html#p627825
announcing-that-one-of-its-key-successes-had-been-the-recent-100563.html#p776349
focusing-on-issues-such-as-poverty-and-touching-on-107692.html#p851083
some-analysts-warn-that-if-the-projected-expenditures-for-111288.html#p896890
the-ophthalmologists-offices-have-begun-selling-139052.html
the-company-s-chief-executive-whose-technological-95018.html
scientists-calculated-that-the-asteroid-traveling-at-47624.html
most-citrus-that-reaches-new-york-state-comes-from-orchards-102573.html
a-higher-interest-rate-is-only-one-of-the-factors-albeit-an-83528.html

Theory on Verb Tense, mood and voice erros:
in-a-nutshell-independent-clause-and-dependent-clause-160401.html#p1270476

WaterFlowsUp · Answer

September 25th (day 7): Comparison

Practice Questions posted by Test Prep company’s representative and containing their Expert Replies.

the-modern-rise-of-mobile-social-and-location-based-146769.html#p1177902
apple-the-company-that-has-the-highest-tricky-sc-question-146724.html#p1177504
five-star-general-john-pershing-had-such-a-sweeping-command-146200.html#p1172285
after-the-2010-census-texas-the-second-most-populous-135338.html#p1101921

Practice Questions

obesity-is-more-common-among-american-teenagers-now-than-86233.html#p646421
heating-oil-prices-are-expected-to-be-higher-th-is-year-than-95234.html#p733126
even-though-more-money-was-removed-out-of-stock-funds-in-18419.html#p120410
helium-atoms-never-form-stable-molecules-as-other-inert-117819.html#p953626
the-mistakes-children-make-in-learning-to-speak-tell-60656.html#p438565
dirt-roads-may-evoke-the-bucolic-simplicity-of-another-65561.html#p480035

Theory on Comparison:

Theory Articles on GMATCLUB

free-concept-as-like-and-as-vs-like-from-e-gmat-133427.html#p1090454
as-vs-like-correct-and-incorrect-usages-133950.html#p1092922
how-far-ellipsis-is-permissible-in-comparison-148973.html#p1193647

Theory Articles on Magoosh Blog

https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-sente ... omparison/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-gramm ... -vs-fewer/

Theory Article on grammer-quizzes.com

https://www.grammar-quizzes.com/like-as.html

WaterFlowsUp · Answer

September 26th (day 8): Idioms

Practice Questions

a-representative-of-the-womens-bureau-of-the-united-states-17916.html#p117249
while-jackie-robinson-was-a-brooklyn-dodger-his-courage-in-111028.html#p893710
studies-of-test-scores-show-that-watching-television-has-a-129269.html
rock-samples-taken-from-the-remains-of-an-asteroid-about-132041.html#p1082477
the-state-of-washington-recently-passed-a-statewide-law-128345.html
an-international-team-of-astronomers-working-at-telescopes-125111.html
q-wisconsin-illinois-florida-and-minnesota-have-begun-to-112400.html
the-five-hundred-largest-manufacturing-firms-in-the-united-113357.html
the-ability-of-scientists-to-provide-models-of-the-111362.html

Theory on Idioms:

Theory Articles on GMATCLUB

gmat-idioms-comprehensive-list-of-gmat-idioms-80342.html?hilit=Comprehensive.Gmat.idiom.list
due-to-vs-because-of-140393.html?hilit=DUE%20TO%20vs%20BECAUSE%20OF
magoosh-free-gmat-idiom-ebook-156743.html?hilit=Magoosh_GMAT_Idiom_eBook
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2011/danger-lit ... m-spotted/

ishdeep18 · Answer

Very much helpful forum... thank you for sharing such information sir.. Highly Appreciate the effort done by you all ..

I will definitely go through every single link and study..

Narenn · Answer

Update :- New Article released by e-GMAT added in the Pronoun Errors section.

Bunuel · Answer

Bumping for review.

fozzzy · Answer

I highly recommend something similar for CR. One question type each day and pick the threads that have had the best discussions on OG / Gmat prep questions.

WaterFlowsUp · Answer

thanks so much for liking the concept and encouraging us. We will definitely try to bring up something similar to this on CR at the soonest. If you would like to suggest anything on top of this , you are most welcome to do so.

Narenn · Answer

Update :- Addition of Link to the Theory Article (By Stacey Koprince - MGMAT) in the Main Post.  Check Here

dentobizz · Answer

Hi fozzzy, A similar compilation for CR is available gmat-critical-reasoning-10-most-common-question-types-162476.html#p1286256

Aditya1gamer1 · Answer

Need more details in SC

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