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by **san** Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:16 pm

[three problems posted here; deleted because source not cited; discussion continued below anyways]

I am failing to answer the kind of sentence correction problems such as listed above. I don't know what I am missing in my preparation.

I don't expect answer to question but I expect what I need to study to attack such sentences.

Thanks in advance.

by **JonathanSchneider** Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:04 pm

I'd be happy to discuss what you should focus on, but first I need you to identify the source of these questions. Thanks.

by **san** Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:16 am

Hi Jonathan,

As long as you understand the problem I am facing, I am ok if you delete the questins as they may not bev alid source to post on forum.

I am not intersted in answer of the question but I want the root if cause of my problem that I am unable to attack such kind of problems.

Please provide me suggestions.

Santosh

by **JonathanSchneider** Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:22 pm

Thanks, Santosh.

The three questions that you posted (now deleted) all dealt with making a choice among five constructions of the same idea. These choices can be difficult, especially for the non-native speaker. They require an understanding of proper idiomatic forms, as well as an understanding of the meaning and intent of individual words. As a sresult, some of the wrong answer choices here are wrong because they break an idiom, whereas some are simply wrong because they are awkward or unclear. Still other wrong choices here are wrong because they express the wrong meaning, making them more like modifier issues.

The steps that I recommend you take:
1) review idioms
2) for each question of this type that you get wrong, slowly review the OG or MGMAT explanation of the problem. You will need to learn to recognize certain word patterns and their meanings.
3) as you review these questions, pay as much attention to why the wrong answers are wrong as you do to why the right answers are right.