Daily Review on sentence correction 12/7

eshopaholic

I decided to take GMAT last Saturday.  

Start the practice with sentence correction, which is the most though part for me.


The daily review is a reflection on all the mistakes I make.  I do hope it,  posting my review in the forum,  a strong drive encouraging me to make a consistent effort.

eshopaholic

Of course, I made several silly mistakes, basically due to not being careful.

Today's summary on Idioms


"A proves useful "       which compares to   "The wine tastes good"  "The idea sounds great"
"confusion about"
"the proposal to do..."   not  " the proposal doing......"
"discriminate between A and B"
"liken A to B"
"intent on doing sth"
"20% of a hundred students are yellow haired"




They prefer simple tense to complex tense

the usage of "with"  -- given, granted,  
often occurs in a conditional  construction, to make it simple and concise.

eshopaholic

Daily Review 9/26

idioms

"aid in doing ...."
" the chalice which dates from 8th century"
" the three major networks each broadcast ........"     to   "each of the three major networks broadcasts...."

Rule

Always, Read the complete sentence!!!  The hint lies, always, in the non-underlined part.

the usage of "as"  --   introducing an example

eshopaholic

Daily Review 9/27

idiom
“somebody's position on ......."
" It becomes more common for somebody to ......"
"at the invitation of ...."

Today,  I did Q121--Q180.  The mistakes lay mainly on "pronoun" and "articles"
It's hard to summarize these scraps, bit of this and bit of that, thus necessary to make things institutionalized.  

plan on reading through Shilin's Note on SC tomorrow

eshopaholic

Daily Review  9/28

Today, I received the OG 12th edition package that bought on Taobao, reviewed the guide lines for sentence correction, and did the first 50 sample questions.

The rate is 43 out of 50.  I feel OG sample questions are easier than actual GMAT questions. Still, I made all the silly mistakes.

Guide Lines are super helpful to clear up your minds.

eshopaholic

Daily Review 9/29

I'm done with the sentence correction questions in OG Verbal Review 2nd edition.

The rate on average is about 80%, far too low.  90% will be fair.

I have a strong impulse to have one day off tomorrow.  But,  it's not rational

eshopaholic

worked on "SC encyclopedia", finished Q181--Q230.  The rate is 38 out 50.

idiom

the ground for doing ......
so adj as to ......
require...to do
require that .....(should) do......

always remember "including" is prep.
"so that" better than "in order that"

eshopaholic

10/1

done Q231-Q320

Idiom

credit .... with ....
in the relation of
propose .... as.....    the proposal of ... as ....   he proposed me as the candidate     his proposal of me as candidate
borrow ... against ... as collateral            borrow money against my car as collateral
people living in small town consider themselves no happier than do people living in big city


an expected two-day off since tomorrow

eshopaholic

Review Oct,2nd -- Oct, 4th

I went on a 3-day trip to "Thousand-Island Lake", just got back last night.

finished Q321-Q600, in the three days, with a rate above 80%

Idioms

He is well grounded in Latin.  His arguements are well grounded in facts.
when the time is ripe
About 1000 voters sat out the election.  She sat out the years from 1984 to 1986.
So too does South Korea.
A integral to B, verb agrees with A
thus, adv
forbid to smoke
I forbid you to go
have no doubt that
credit A with doing
share the same, redundancy

eshopaholic

10/5

done Q601-Q700, 82%

I feel that the careless mistake is almost inevitable.  Test makers induced us to make mistakes.  

It's very hard to dodge every trap.  SC demands a cool head and patience.

wings that are smooth and perfectly shaped
not so .... as ....
blot out the view