{"id":249,"date":"2011-05-19T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=249"},"modified":"2018-04-19T05:35:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T12:35:56","slug":"commonly-tested-grammatical-concepts-in-gmat-sentence-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/commonly-tested-grammatical-concepts-in-gmat-sentence-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonly Tested Grammatical Concepts in GMAT Sentence Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"A <\/span> < 1<\/span> min read <\/span><\/span>

GMAT Sentence Correction questions commonly include errors that are based on the meaning and certain grammar topics.\u00a0 This article lists these specific error types.\u00a0 For more details on these errors, click on the corresponding link.<\/p>\n

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  1. Subject Verb Agreement Errors<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Pronoun Reference and Agreement Errors<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Verb Tense Errors<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Modifier Errors<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Parallelism Errors<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Idiom Errors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Any question in Sentence Correction includes a combination of these errors and meaning related errors.\u00a0\u00a0 For example, consider this question.<\/p>\n

    Since the first successful organ transplant was performed in the United States in the 1954, a serious problem faced by transplant recipients have been the possibilities that its own body will try to reject or destroy the transplant.<\/span><\/p>\n

    A: have been the possibilities that its own body will try to reject or destroy the transplant. \u2013 Subject Verb Agreement & Pronoun Errors<\/span>
    \nB:\u00a0 are the possibilities that their own bodies will try to reject or destroy the transplant. \u2013 Subject Verb Agreement Error<\/span>
    \nC:\u00a0 has been the possibility that its own body will attempt to try to reject or destroy the transplant. \u2013 Pronoun & Redundancy Error<\/span>
    \nD:\u00a0 has been the possibility that their own bodies will try to reject or destroy the transplant. \u2013Correct<\/span>
    \nE:\u00a0 is the possibility that their own bodies will try to reject or destroy the transplant. \u2013 Verb Tense Error<\/span><\/p>\n

    This question contains 4 different types of errors spread across the 4 incorrect answer choices.<\/p>\n

    If you want to review the detailed explanation of this question, you may do so by registering at e-GMAT<\/a>.\u00a0 The solution is in the file titled \u201cPreview Application File\u201d and is available free of charge in the Free Preview of e-GMAT Sentence Correction course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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