Question At the end of the 1930s, Duke Ellington was looking for a composer to assist him — someone not only who could arrange music for his successful big band, but mirroring his eccentric writing style as well in order to finish the many pieces he had started but never completed. Option A Option B …
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I’ve written a series of articles that tackle some of the most common MISCONCEPTIONS pertaining to Sentence Correction. Here are those misconceptions linking to the respective articles. A regular pronoun cannot refer to a noun in possessive form Like cannot be used to offer examples GMAT English is different from Standard English When compared with …
This article is a part of a series of articles on SC Misconceptions. In this series, I’m going to address many misconceptions prevalent among GMAT aspirants. The misconception addressed in this post is: The correct option needs to communicate the same meaning as the original sentence There are exactly ZERO official questions in which an …
This article is a part of a series of articles on SC Misconceptions. In this series, I’m going to address many misconceptions prevalent among GMAT aspirants. The misconception addressed in this post is: ‘Not only’ needs to be followed by ‘but also’ However, “not only…but” is also a valid construction. Besides, in some cases, “not …
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This article is a part of a series of articles on SC Misconceptions. In this series, I’m going to address many misconceptions prevalent among GMAT aspirants. The misconception addressed in this post is: ‘Due to’ cannot modify a verb The reasoning given to support this misconception is that ‘due to’ is an adjective and thus …
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This article is a part of a series of articles on SC Misconceptions. In this series, I’m going to address many misconceptions prevalent among GMAT aspirants. The misconception addressed in this post is: Which always presents non-essential information In other words, a ‘which clause’ is never an essential (restrictive) modifier and must always be separated …
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This article is a part of a series of articles on SC Misconceptions. In this series, I’m going to address many misconceptions prevalent among GMAT aspirants. The misconception addressed in this post is: ‘Everybody should take of their books’ is an incorrect sentence. The reason given to reject the above sentence is that ‘their’ is …
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This article is a part of a series of articles on SC Misconceptions. In this series, I’m going to address many misconceptions prevalent among GMAT aspirants. The misconception addressed in this post is: When compared with is always wrong The following sentence is from an official SC question (the correct option): November is traditionally the …
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This article is a part of a series of articles on SC Misconceptions. In this series, I’m going to address many misconceptions prevalent among GMAT aspirants. The misconception addressed in this post is: Like cannot be used to offer examples One 4-year old official explanation (VR 2017 Q267) clearly states, “while there has been some …
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This article tackles a common misconception that a pronoun cannot refer to a noun in possessive form
