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SC GMAT (Word Clue (That When the word that appears just after a working…
SC GMAT
Word Clue
- That When the word that appears just after a working verb, it acts a re-set button. A new subject-verb-object form appears after "that"
- ,conjunction(FANBOYS) Two independent clauses must be connected using comma+conjunction form(two independent clauses can not be connected only using comma)
- Semicolon(;) Used to connect two closely related statements. Each statement must be able to stand alone(independent clause)
- List of things As soon as you see a list of things look for parallelism in the answer
- comma which(,which) is an example of non essential modifier. Without non essential modifier a sentence can exist
- That: A noun followed immediately by word that indicates a noun modifier
- Which/ Who,Whom The pronouns who and whom must modify people, and the pronoun which can not modify people
- Whose The pronoun whose can modify either people or things
- Where vs In Which Use where to modify a noun place, area site etc, but use in which to to modify a condition, situation, arrangements etc.
- Participle - Not separated from rest of the sentence means Noun modifier
- comma -ing form always represents a adverbial modifier
- ing modifier after conjunction if ing modifier comes after comma and conjunction, then it refers to the clause after comma
- Sequence in adverbial modifier Adverbial modifiers follows sequence i.e the information presented earlier in a sentence leads to or result in the information present later in the sentence
- Which as in start of a clause Which should be used to refer only and only noun and never the entire clause
- Two non essential modifier Two non essential modifier can result in awkward and incorrect phrasings. GMAT answer will try to convert one of the modifiers to an essential modifier
- Less vs Fewer Less is used for uncountable items and fewer for countable
Wrong: buy 10 items or less
Right: buy 10 items or fewer
- Upon: More formal word for on ex: based upon two principles
- As/Like As is used as conjunction to join clauses whereas like is more suitable for noun comparison
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Verb
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> Verb + -ing can never be a working verb by itself
By itself means no other working verbs are present
Adverb: Modifies almost anything but a noun or pronoun
Adverbial Modifier: Placement of modifier in a sentence is free of any constraints
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Clause
Dependent
> Dependent clauses can never contain main subject or main verb of the sentence, so identify dependent clause and ignore it completely while looking for main verb
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Noun/Pronoun
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- Adjective: Modifies only a noun/pronoun
- A noun and its modifier should be as close as possible
- A possessive noun is actually an adjective not a noun and a noun modifier has to point to a noun
- Noun Modifiers: Adjectives/preposition/Past and Present participle(without comma)