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GMAT Sentence Correction — practice questions

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Match each grammatical error type with its standard revision rule:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each correlative conjunction pair with its parallel usage requirement:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each idiomatic prepositional combination with its standard formal usage:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each pronoun antecedent rule with its GMAT/SAT grammatical standard:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Match each grammatical error type with its standard revision rule:

  1. 1-A, 2-B, 3-C
  2. 1-B, 2-A, 3-C
  3. 1-C, 2-B, 3-A
  4. 1-A, 2-C, 3-B
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Correct answer: A. 1-A, 2-B, 3-C

Modifiers must touch the target noun, subject governs verb across parentheticals, parallel elements share part of speech.

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Match each correlative conjunction pair with its parallel usage requirement:

  1. 1-A, 2-B, 3-C
  2. 1-B, 2-A, 3-C
  3. 1-C, 2-B, 3-A
  4. 1-A, 2-C, 3-B
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Correct answer: A. 1-A, 2-B, 3-C

Not only/but also balances components, either/or presents alternatives, neither/nor follows proximity rule.

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Match each idiomatic prepositional combination with its standard formal usage:

  1. 1-A, 2-B, 3-C
  2. 1-B, 2-A, 3-C
  3. 1-C, 2-B, 3-A
  4. 1-A, 2-C, 3-B
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Correct answer: A. 1-A, 2-B, 3-C

Regarded as is standard idiom, prohibit pairs with from + gerund, attribute pairs with to.

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