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insulator1983

疯狂的狐狸 发表于 2014-6-6 00:30
Jun 5th
SC
Manhattan chapter 6

加油，我报名的8月初的考试，大概从4月底正式开始复习，每天下班了花4~5个小时看书做题（效率太低...）。开始也是跟你有一样的感觉，完全不知道题目在讲什么，我看了1~2遍的曼哈顿SC和CR，RC也看了一点点，现在开始有点感觉，但还在量变的积累过程中。
楼主加油，坚持一定会胜利的！

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insulator1983 发表于 2014-6-6 14:21
加油，我报名的8月初的考试，大概从4月底正式开始复习，每天下班了花4~5个小时看书做题（效率太低...）。 ...

开贴了就决定一定要坚持到底啦。目前在看曼哈顿，觉得考点梳理的很清晰，但是练习题好少，总觉得看完没有消化彻底。也许真需要量变到质变吧。一起加油！

疯狂的狐狸

6.7
SC：
Manhattan 5th Chaper 7 verb tens, mood and voice/Chapter 8 comparison

RC warm up:
3000 words 科学美国人 topic:天文
阅读小分队 topic: Airbnb
1篇OG

Vocabulry:
依旧没有进展，死记硬背效率奇低

6.8
SC
OG 71-85 6/15  study forum discussion on incorect questions
看完曼哈顿错误率反而上升了？
如何才能提高速度？
词汇量不够影响句意理解

RC
阅读小分队

疯狂的狐狸

6.9
看了Ron关于SC的贴子：
1.SC is an intuition
2.try to take out principles that is applicable for other SC questions when studny a SC question and make sure to be clear bout the correct scentence in terms of both gramma and meaning/logic

SC OG 86-92  incorrect% 2/7
adv. modifier
OG90
The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years.
A. which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell
B. which had increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it had fallen
C. which have increased five percent during the first three months of this year after falling over the last two years
D. with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after falling
E. with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after having fallen
Correct answer is C. (my choice is E)

Ron's explanation on why which is better than with
in general, "COMMA + prep phrase modifier" is an adverbial modifier, meaning that it modifies the entirety of the preceding clause.
in this sentence, we don't want an adverbial modifier, since it doesn't make any sense for this modifier to apply to the entire preceding clause.
rather, we want a modifier that will only modify the noun at the end of the preceding clause (i.e., "profits"). since this is the exact function of a "which" modifier, that's the modifier we want here
Ron's explanation on why after falling not after having falling
"after having VERBed" is, in general, a redundant construction -- the word "after" is already there, so "having" doesn't contribute anything.
if you see this construction, you should generally be able to replace it with “after VERBing”.  it's possible that there are exceptions, but i can't think of any at this time.

选E的错误思路分析：
CDE当时觉得都没有明显错误
2个split: with/which & falling/had falling
虽然觉得which表达很清晰，但觉得也许with句子结构更加简洁
had falling比falling更加突出强调了之前profit一直在跌

误区在：
并不是没有从句，一个句子就更简洁，句子是不是wordy/awkward的判断标准并不是句子结构的复杂程度决定的
after already indicate the order and timing. after+v-ing一般可以替换after+having Ved

OG92
Thelonious Monk, who was a jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work both rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith and Duke Ellington, yet in many ways he stood apart from the mainstream jazz repertory.
a)        same
b)        Thelonious Monk, the jazz pianist and composer, produced a body of work  that was rooted  both
c)        Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, who produced a body of work rooted
d)        Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work that was rooted
e)        Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk produced a body of work rooted both

Ron's explanation on the 1st Caluse:
this is a special idiom.  if you preface someone's name with a noun describing their occupation (or other word describing what that person does), WITHOUT AN ARTICLE, you DO NOT use a comma.

if there's an article, you DO use a comma. if it's an adjective, you DO use a comma.

example:
Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ... --> correct
A jazz pianist and composer, Thelonious Monk ... --> correct
Creative and original, Thelonious Monk ... --> correct

Why we shoud eliminate "both"?
Main problem of this sentence is PARALLELISM: idiom: both X and Y --> X and Y must be parallel.

错误原因：没仔细读句子 meaning好好看
                其他4个选项都有both,想当然就觉得both没问题
                出题老头真坏

关于meaning & modifier的贴子：
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/13/Modifiers-and-Meaning-a-GMATPrep-Sentence-Correction-Problem/

疯狂的狐狸

6.10
SC OG93-100  incorrect %3/8
need to be sensitive to "comparison"
关于怎么读和做SC
Stacey's blog:
http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/06/03/how-to-read-a-sentence-correction-problem
1.Keep track of your thinking on your scrap paper. Your first pass is to decide between “definitely wrong” and “maybe.” Your second pass is to determine which of the “maybe” choices you’re actually going to pick.
2.Read the original question in its entirety. Unless you can pinpoint a specific error, don’t eliminate answer choice A.
3.Whenever you find an error, immediately scan any remaining choices and eliminate those that repeat the same error.
4.Practice making educated guesses and study how you are going to make the decision when you do have to guess

对于全划线句子，由于可能原句本来就各种不agreement，导致读不懂，那么就继续往下读，直到读到那个选项觉得OK了，意思非常清楚了，往往就是正确选项。

需要搞清一个语法点：平行省略问题
http://forum.chasedream.com/foru ... orid=692707&page=29 #289

Ron's Video:
http://vimeo.com/11334034
1.pronoun ambiguity is not an absolute rule
GMAT will tolerate pronoun ambiguity if
-context is obvious
-the pronoun is parallel to the intented noun
-the pronoun is not paralle to other nouns.
e.g. take the pizza out of the box and put it into the oven.
21:35

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6.11
SC
OG 101-114 7/14
Ron's video
http://vimeo.com/11334034
pronoun ambiguity sample quesiton OG verbal #71  #19

S-V agreement:
Things CANT be subject
-objective of verbs
-objective of prep.
-subordinate clause(everything you would eliminate in SV agreement problems)
Problems X is Y
-If anything before the verb that can be subject, then that is the subject
-If NOTHING before the verb can be subject, then you have a backward construction
e.g. on the table (prep. phrase) are two cell phones

If you have a compound subject(X and Y), or a list  (x, y, and z)
then you should treat it as you would treat a single plural noun(unlesss you have constuction such as the latter)
correct:James and Michelle (one word) met to discuss their homework.
correct:James met with Michelle to discuss her/Michelle's homework

Be EXTREMELY suspicious about below structure: if the ACTION is the intended object of the prep., then this structure is incorrect
of+noun+V-ing
e.g. Wrong: there is no evidence of my brother stealing the candy.
we want evidence of stealing but not evidence of my brother
e.g. There is no evidence of my brother's stealing candy. Horribly AWKWARD

of+noun+V-ing is ONLY corret if the actual noun if the intended object of the prep.

RC:
11-13
阅读小分队
economist 2

全划线句子怎么快速做题，今天看到baby的贴子，借鉴：
其一，这是全划线题目；第二，视觉上宏观地“瞄”一下选项，很明显的感觉就是：有那么几个chunks来回移动，在不同的选项里出现的位置不同——这就是典型的考察modifier placement的特征。于是我们就找到一个关键split: modifier placement. 注意，Ron说过：并不是只有点状的（一个词或者几个词）才能叫做split，modifier本身就是一个split. 当你找到这个split的时候，就宏观地（以chunck为视觉单位）扫读每个选项，读到你觉得modifier placement有问题的时候，立刻咔嚓。