700+ Sentence Correction: Breaking Down 5 Very Difficult SC Questions - Webinar

In this video, Erika John, PrepScholar GMAT's lead instructor, walks you through five of the most difficult Sentence Correction questions found on GMAC's GMATPrep software. These questions are REAL and VERY DIFFICULT-therefore great practice if you're trying to improve your Sentence Correction score.

[@eat-study]

11:45 strikethrough include the original sentence because parallelism outside underlined 18:00 Consider X,Y 20:00 Rule #2 26:59 Tips 30:10 Why? provided and milked is the same type takes care is simple presents 33:47 Tips

[@bryanmarty7085]

@prepscholar, 11:30 I don't understand how "that they used to dress a statue of the goddess Athena" describes the robe. Isnt that telling you what they did with the robe - has nothing to do with describing the robe. Description to me means adjective

[@surabhisinha2374]

The explanations were simply great! Thank you!!

[@sayantanghosh6714]

39:13 Question #4 option E, there is parallelism in 'unlike' usage. Did you reject it because unlike has been used with verb and not noun? I though you rejected 'E' because of parallelism issues and not noun/verb issues.

[@hycho204]

Best video on GMAT SC. Thank you!!!

[@mattc2]

For question #5, I get the "any time" concept, but following it, is "production history", so isn't it really saying at any time in history? i.e. in the past? and certainly cannot be today or the future? Is there something else I'm missing. Referring to around 46:40 mark

[@syediqbal8197]

Great explanation. Would like more such sessions.

[@drmanavchaturvedi3346]

Thanks for explaining this topic so beautifully

[@stormstorm8833]

Very good webinar.

[@bishal205]

Great video...Love the explanations

[@genevievedecker7153]

I wish I could have your voice over when I take the GMAT LOL

[@harrymanno8497]

On question number 5, doesn't the exclusion of the pronoun ‘their’ at the end of the underlined phrase in the correct answer, change the meaning of the sentence? With the inclusion of their, even though it might be ambiguous, it refers to a specific things production history (the manufacturers or the cars). With the exclusion of this pronoun it refers to all production history across all things, so maybe all the way back to the industrial revolution or before through today. I think this actually changes the meaning of the original sentence, and thereby, for the same reason we fail to accept D as the right answer, we could fail to accept C? While this logically makes sense to consider all of production history regarding the ability to manufacture more fuel-efficient cars, the original sentence doesn’t tell us this. It merely states manufacturers can produce more fuel-efficient cars with respect to either their individual production history or the cars, not all production history. It's clear that the meaning shifts between C and D with respect to the amount of cars vs the amount of fuel efficiency in those cars making D an incorrect answer. I'm more or less just curious if you saw this as an actual meaning shift before the shift in quantity of cars vs fuel efficiency of those cars, could you accept it. If so, we could chronologically fail to accept C as the correct answer and default to D. A simpler example would be: Today, manufacturers produces more cars than any other time in production history. VS Today, manufacturers produces more cars than any other time in their production history. At 52:20 she states that in the previous question’s correct answer, there was an ambiguous pronoun, so we should not necessarily reject the above example based on the ‘their’ being ambiguous. Further the above example highlights a secondary change in meaning between answer choices C and D. On what should we reject this meaning change? Overall super super helpful and intuitive videos, will sub to this and PrepScholar! Thanks

[@cycle00001]

very helpful strategies!!! 10/10

[@stevenlaurencegho194]

For question no 2. Why it is ok for the modifier to start with " with N and verb ed" not the second " its water bla bla"

[@woojaekim6512]

Thanks for an amazing video. I have a question regarding the last question. I was wondering why it is grammatically correct to compare "small cars that are XXX" and "those at any other time". I feel like those two phrases are not pararell.

[@ashishsinha9035]

Got all answers correct.

[@riteshlalit6981]

The point is we don't have good amount of time in exam to think about all this stuff and i usually get lost and panic accumulates and everything go worse... any suggestions ? I really need help as to how to attack sentence correction..... any specific video for that

[@eczionscarletgem1579]

Wow 3 was a tricky one. Thanks guys!

[@andreaoyendong7971]

Great explanations!

[@Joann7000]

39:59 "which" MUST refer to the closes noun, are we sure? gmatclub.com/forum/experts-topic-of-the-week-6-26-17-wtf-is-that-doing-in-my-sentence-243686.html "touch rule" has exceptions

[@Masteridea101]

Good video. Thanks

[@4cricket24]

I think her explanations make me think I have to study all grammar rules.. 😟

[@psaikrishna90]

Well explained

[@moinuddin5490]

Q#5, Correct answer is C. However, it says, "small cars THAT are more..." - cars are plural but THAT is singular. What am I missing?

[@abhishekmenon4121]

Moin Uddin that is independent of number rule. It’s an essential modifier here... and provides us with info about small cars... hope this helps 👍

[@rajendraboomerang2923]

Nice insight ., i got .

[@jainavanti268]

I think there is an error in the sentence: in choice A "a circumstance that contributes to 'their' depletion"- here the antecedent of their is monkfish- we are talking about a specie so the pronoun their should be its. Please correct me if i am wrong

[@neelgaganroy1741]

as you mentioned that these are one of the hardest questions..so actually what was the level of these 5 questions?? 750+??

[@Zackeypooh]

Thank you! Very helpful :)

[@vinaykkyadav]

video seen on 31st may and its good

[@ssuemoohamad6019]

Hi, could you please explain more about answer B- correct answer---- its as pronoun can be Subject of sec.part of compound sentences but it starts with -----{ , and with --- its 60 miles} it be object of preposition. How could it be correct would you please explain more. Also {Consider rul X, Y} what do you mean x, y, ? Do you mean x= Noun, Y= Noun then between them Linking verb? would you please explain more, thanx.

[@handle4587]

You can't say "fish's" because "fish" is also a plural form, You also can't say "seeing" because "see" is a verb that can't be continuous.

[@travisherrera8106]

Are you really telling me you are able to do all this sentence manipulation in a 1 Min and 30 secs?

[@YusufAymanHashem]

1 min flat ...LOL

[@hazkeelrizvi1]

Yes, actually and she is write in that way. I was able to judge every question in less than two minutes too.

[@AnujKumar-om5zx]

When ever I try to solve questions quickly, even the most easy one turn out to be wrong and when take long time and just 1-2question then able to solve many very difficult questions. Can someone help me to handle this condition... Please suggest way out...

[@sivaramakrishnashriraamsun6133]

Welcome to my world. I face the same issue. The key to solving the issue is practice; we need to solve atleast 1000 SC questions before starting to see the difference in time. What material are you following?

[@AnujKumar-om5zx]

Sivaramakrishna Shriraam Sundaram Thanks for information. I am busy with Jamboree questions..

[@nancymiriam904]

whaooo. amazing

[@andreaoyendong7971]

Have you finally taken the GMAT yet?

[@zihadbhai]

Useful Examples and nice explanation, however, you should go a bit slow----

[@yashmehta4810]

U r the best ❤️ thank you soo much for dis

[@manoochehrghanbari822]

Great

[@NameGoesHere341]

well I feel bad about my self.

[@woojaekim6512]

Thanks for an amazing video. I have a question regarding the last question. I was wondering why it is grammatically correct to compare "small cars that are XXX" and "those at any other time". I feel like those two phrases are not pararell.