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GMAT Ninja's Sentence Correction Resource Collection
So you're on the world's biggest and best GMAT website, and you're probably trying to figure out how to get better at sentence correction. With the epic piles of stuff on this site, where should you start with SC?
Well, how about here? This is our attempt to curate the literally millions(!) of words we've jammed into posts, articles, full explanations, and videos in our years as the GMAT Club verbal experts.
Part 1 of this post includes just the most basic starting points:
- General advice for improving your SC performance
- Where to find practice questions and exams
- Where to find an endless pile of full SC explanations
Part 2 features SC resources by question type, including articles, videos, and complete explanations of a few of our favorite SC questions.
Frankly, we're not huge fans of hyper-focusing on individual SC question “types”, mostly because official GMAT questions typically cover multiple grammar, usage, and meaning issues in each individual question. But if you’re struggling with certain commonly tested SC concepts, we'll point you to some of our favorite examples for each of these 12 types:
- 1. Pronouns, part 1: “it” and “they”
2. Pronouns, part 2: “that” and “those”
3. Modifiers, part 1: “which”, “that”, and related noun modifiers
4. Modifiers, part 2: countable vs. non-countable
5. Modifiers part 3: “-ing”, “-ed”, and other modifiers
6. Subject-verb agreement
7. Parallelism
8. Comparisons & like vs. such as
9. Verb tenses
10. Meaning
11. Punctuation
12. Miscellaneous
Enjoy, and if there's anything you think we're missing, feel free to add a comment in the thread below.
Part 1: General GMAT SC Advice & Resources
Sentence Correction: The Basics
Articles & Forum Posts
- GMAT Ninja SC Guide for Beginners. This guide isn't ONLY for students who are new to the GMAT -- if you've been hitting your head against a wall on SC for a while now, the process outlined in this guide might help you get back on the right track.
- How to go from great (760) to incredible (780) on GMAT SC
- What to do about timing on GMAT verbal
Videos
- Getting your priorities straight on SC | Video
- How Cutting Corners Kills Your GMAT Score (on quant and verbal)
- Why Splits Are (Sometimes) Bullcrap on GMAT Sentence Correction | Video
- How to go from great (V40?) to incredible (V45?!) on GMAT SC | Video
- All GMAT Ninja LIVE YouTube verbal videos
SC Questions & Practice Exam Resources
- How to create your own "fake" GMAT practice tests with real GMAT questions: your choice of an article or a video
- An incredible master directory to official verbal questions, compiled by @carcass
- Complete collection of official SCs by @souvik101990
- SC Verbal question bank and directories by Carcass
Excessive Quantities of Full SC Explanations, Organized by Question Source
How to Become Better at Reading in General for the GMAT
This isn't what anybody wants to hear, but GMAT SC isn’t strictly a grammar exercise, and if your entire SC strategy is based on rote memorization of grammar rules, you’ll inevitably struggle, since GMAT SC requires you to grasp fine differences in meaning among the answer choices.
Nobody wants to hear this either, but the upshot is that your underlying reading skills matter for SC, just as they do on CR or RC. So here are two articles that can help you get you started with improving your reading ability:
- GMAT Ninja’s Guide to Leisure Reading, Part 1: How Nonfiction Can Help Your GMAT Score
- GMAT Ninja’s Guide to Leisure Reading, Part 2: The Benefits of Reading Fiction to Improve Your GMAT Score
Part 2: GMAT SC Resources by Question Type
Apologies if you already read this above, but just in case you didn't: we're not huge fans of hyper-focusing on individual SC question “types”, mostly because official GMAT questions typically cover multiple grammar and usage issues in each individual question. Also, meaning and logic play a large -- and arguably dominant -- role on SC, so obsessively categorizing SC questions isn’t particularly effective.
Of course, there are still some grammar foundations that are essential on the GMAT, and if you’re struggling with certain commonly tested SC concepts, here are some resources that might get you back on track.
1. Pronouns, part 1: “it” and “they”
Videos
Best posts
- Pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute crime
- Can same pronoun refer to two different antecedents?
- Why "this" works badly as a pronoun
- "This" as a pronoun and pronoun ambiguity
- Non-referential (“dummy”) pronouns
- Non-referential pronouns - Part II
- Non-referential pronouns - Part III
- Possessive pronouns & non-possessive antecedents
- Possessive pronouns & non-possessive antecedents, part II
- Possessive pronouns & non-possessive antecedents - Part III
- Exception to the "subject-to-subject" pronoun "rule"
Full explanations
- Since 1986 when the Department of Labor began to allow...
- While depressed property values can hurt some large investors...
- According to recent studies comparing the nutritional value...
- Naked mole rats form colonies of approximately 20 animals, each...
- Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action...
- The deer despite having traveled hundreds of miles...
2. Pronouns, Part 2: “That” and “Those”
Articles
Videos
Best posts
Full explanations
- Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying...
- The energy source on Voyager 2 is not a nuclear reactor...
- Many kitchens today are equipped with high-speed electrical...
- Mideast immigrants’ rates of entrepreneurship exceed...
- Lacking information about energy use, people tend…
3. Modifiers, Part 1: “Which”, “That”, and Related Noun Modifiers
Articles
Videos
Best posts
- Does "which" always need a comma before it?
- The "touch rule" involving "that"
- The "touch rule" involving "that" - Part II
- The "touch rule" involving "that" - Part III
- The "touch rule" involving "which"
- Why the "touch rule" is a myth
- The ultimate "which" vs. "that" post
- When is "that" necessary before a subordinate clause?
Full explanations
- Because an oversupply of computer chips has sent prices...
- Sixty-five million years ago, according to some scientists...
- Retail sales rose 8/10 of 1 percent in August, intensifying...
- While depressed property values can hurt some large investors...
- For many revisionist historians, Christopher Columbus...
- Found throughout Central and South America, sloths…
4. Modifiers, Part 2: Countable vs. Non-Countable Modifiers
Videos
Best posts
- The number vs. A number and the use of collective nouns
- How to determine whether a noun is countable or uncountable
- How to determine whether a noun countable or uncountable - Part II
Full explanations
- Less than 400 Sumatran rhinos survive on the Malay peninsula and...
- Downzoning, zoning that typically results in the reduction...
5. Modifiers, Part 3: ”-Ing”, “-Ed”, and Other Modifiers
Articles
- That "-ing" Word Probably Isn't a Verb.
- That "-ed" Word Probably Isn't a Verb Either
- "Being" is Not the Enemy
Best posts
- Thinking logically about opening modifiers
- Why "removing" modifiers is a bad idea
- A discussion about modifier placement
- Another discussion about modifier placement
- Why participles don't have a tense
- The meaning difference between using parallelism and a modifier
- "-ing" words modifying clauses, not just nouns
- "-ing" words modifying clauses, not just nouns - Part II
- "-ing" words modifying clauses, not just nouns - Part III
- "-ing" words modifying clauses, not just nouns - Part IV
- "-ing" words modifying clauses, not just nouns - Part V
- Nouns modifying nouns
- Independent clauses can't modify nouns
- "-ing" as a noun modifier
- An example of when using "being" is correct
- A follow up to the "being" article
Full explanations
- A site once used as an observatory by the Anasazi, ancient ...
- Certain pesticides can become ineffective if used repeatedly in the same place...
- Developed by Pennsylvania's Palatine Germans about 1750, they...
- Not trusting themselves to choose wisely among the wide array...
- Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars…
6. Subject-Verb Agreement
Best posts
Full explanations
- The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed...
- Once numbering in the millions worldwide, it is estimated that the...
- Despite the increasing number of women graduating from law school...
- Created in 1945 to reduce poverty and stabilize foreign currency...
- Almost like clones in their similarity to one another, the cheetah...
- Twenty-two feet long and 10 feet in diameter, the AM-1...
- Downzoning, zoning that typically results in the reduction...
- In some species of cricket, the number of chirps...
7. Parallelism
Videos
Best posts
- A parallelism example
- Parallelism and different verb tenses
- Why a little modifier (or "its") won't affect parallelism
- Using logic in examining parallelism
- An example of a "Not only/but also" parallelism
- "As well as" vs. "and"
- Parallelism involving "rather than"
Full explanations
- However much United States voters may agree that there is waste...
- Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson...
- Many of the earliest known images of Hindu deities in India date from...
- Among the objects found in the excavated temple were small terra...
- Found throughout Central and South America, sloths…
- Based on records from ancient Athens, each year…
- First discovered more than 30 years ago, Lina’s sunbird…
- Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru..
8. Comparisons + Like vs. Such As
Videos
Best posts
- Using meaning in comparison questions
- Prepositional phrases in comparisons
- Using "like" vs. using "as"
Full explanations
- Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the...
- The survival of coral colonies, which are composed of innumerable...
- Experts estimate that ten times as much petroleum exists in...
- In no other historical sighting did Halley’s comet...
- Like the grassy fields and old pastures that...
- Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than are fungi...
- Unlike mainstream American businesses, more than...
9. Verb Tenses
Videos
Best posts
- Verb tenses in if/then constructions
- The use of the subjunctive
- The use of the subjunctive - Part II
- Verb tenses and the use of the conditional
- Nuance in examining past-perfect markers
- Verb tenses: "include" vs. "including"
- Why participles don't have a tense
Full explanations
- In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have...
- A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States...
- Reporting that one of its many problems had been the recent extended...
- The company announced that its profits declined much less in...
10. Meaning
Disclaimer: pretty much all GMAT sentence correction questions are about meaning, at least to some extent. Even if a particular question feels mostly “grammatical”, the whole point of proper grammar is to make sentences clearer and easier to understand.
At the same time, we completely understand that it can feel much easier to get better at spotting grammar-related SC issues than meaning-based issues. There are absolutely no magic bullets for getting better at spotting the meaning differences between answer choices, but here are some resources that might get you pointed in the right direction:
Articles
Videos
Best posts
- Why "preserving the meaning" of the original sentence doesn't matter
- Redundancy and illogical meaning
- Redundancy and illogical meaning - Part II
- Using "to" doesn't always indicate intent
- The difference between "so that" and "so as to", and thinking about SC logically
- Taking liberty with what, exactly, performs an action
- How modifier placement can affect meaning
Full Explanations
- The world wildlife fund has declared that global warming, a...
- Over 75 percent of the energy produced in France derives from...
- The Anasazi settlements at Chaco Canyon were built on a...
- According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by...
- In some species of cricket, the number of chirps…
- Paper production accounts for approximately…
11. Punctuation
Videos
Best posts
- Why you shouldn't worry (too much!) about commas
- How commas can affect meaning
- Does "comma + and" always connect independent clauses?
- Does "comma + and" always connect independent clauses? - Part II
- Sentence fragments & comma splices
- Commas and clarity
- An explanation of run-on sentences
Full Explanations
- Most of the purported health benefits of tea comes from antioxidants...
- The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists for...
- In 1995 Richard Stallman, a well-known critic of the patent system...
You’re probably wondering about idioms, huh?
12. Miscellaneous
Best posts
- Using "the" vs. using "a"
- The use of "do"
- The use of "do" or "did" and a pronoun-type thing
- The purpose of definite articles
- How to think about ellipsis
- How to think about ellipsis - Part II
- How to think about ellipsis - Part III
- How to think about ellipsis - Part IV
- How to think about ellipsis - Part V
- How to think about ellipsis - Part VI
- How to think about ellipsis - Part VII
- If vs Whether
- The use of "with"
- The use of "with" - Part II
- The use of "with" - Part III
- Who vs. whom
Full explanations
- Hurricanes at first begin traveling from east to west, because...
- Bluegrass musician Bill Monroe, whose repertory, views on musical...
- The Commerce Department reported that the nation's economy grew...
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