Gmat Notes
Not To Use:
1) Being, to be (Both are considered to be passive) 2) Unnecessary ‘ing’ words should be removed, wherever possible. 3) Passive voice as far as possible
e.g. His approach is different from the approach used by any other tenor is passive and hence incorrect on GMAT
The correct sentence is
His approach is different from the approach of any other tenor
4) Any Sentence construction with ‘preposition + noun + participle’ e.g. With child-care facilities included (with – preposition, child-care – noun, included – participle) Infinitives like ‘to include’, ‘to implement’ etc. are wrong on GMAT. Instead use, ‘implementing’, ‘including’ (Which are known as Gerunds) etc.
A Gerund is a noun formed from a verb i.e. Overcoming the GMAT is a great achievement. infinitives are usually formed to retain the integrity of the idiom which is used or to keep a sentence in parallel
5) Hopefully, is almost always wrong. 6)
Example of points (3) and (4)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
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First, we can eliminate all the answer choices that use with communal eating and social facilities included or any
1) Being, to be (Both are considered to be passive) 2) Unnecessary ‘ing’ words should be removed, wherever possible. 3) Passive voice as far as possible
e.g. His approach is different from the approach used by any other tenor is passive and hence incorrect on GMAT
The correct sentence is
His approach is different from the approach of any other tenor
4) Any Sentence construction with ‘preposition + noun + participle’ e.g. With child-care facilities included (with – preposition, child-care – noun, included – participle) Infinitives like ‘to include’, ‘to implement’ etc. are wrong on GMAT. Instead use, ‘implementing’, ‘including’ (Which are known as Gerunds) etc.
A Gerund is a noun formed from a verb i.e. Overcoming the GMAT is a great achievement. infinitives are usually formed to retain the integrity of the idiom which is used or to keep a sentence in parallel
5) Hopefully, is almost always wrong. 6)
Example of points (3) and (4)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called for urban apartment houses including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities.
A) including child-care facilities and clustered suburban houses including communal eating and social facilities
B) that included child-care facilities, and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
C) with child-care facilities included and for clustered suburban houses to include communal eating and social facilities
D) that included child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities
E) to include child-care facilities and for clustered suburban houses with communal eating and social facilities included
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First, we can eliminate all the answer choices that use with communal eating and social facilities included or any