读phd后回头看GMAT的高级语法

hncsxj

当年考gmat，说GMAT语法是高级语法，更严谨。现在发现也就是一个考试。
老外写作也不按gmat套路。
啥水平老外呢？
其他条件相近，GMAT考分要求肯定是b-schoolphd比mba高。phd中，又是金融phd要求最高。哪怕是个烂校也要700+。很多申请者甚至是2，3个硕士在手去申，还被拒。之后毕业，大多faculty，再后就是发paper了。最牛的journal，算是Journal of finance了。哪怕是phd里面的精英投稿，据说拒稿率95%。可是最近看得一些论文，直接就是AA is beter。GMAT要求AA is better than BB的格式，呵呵。其他不符GMAT要求的写法还很多。感慨一下.

sdcar2010

One possible explanation is that the GMAT grammar rules are evolving.

When the current editors took the GMAT test, "AA is better" is considered acceptable by GMAT standard. Thus, they never changed their habit of using such expressions.

Another less likely explanation is that current editors were so fed up with GMAT grammer rules when they took the test decades ago that they decided to take some revenge by allowing imperfect, anti-GMAT grammar usages in the most prestigious journal NOW to mock the authority of GMAT.