经企管理研究生入学考试GMAT-SC-Study-Notes.docxVIP

SC Summary SC Process: Take a 1st glance Read for meaning Find a starting point Start with the original sentence Look for common error types Eliminate Find a starting point Choose and move one Error Types Subject-verb agreement Verb Tense Pronoun Modifiers Parallelism Idioms Meaning Comparisons Redundancy Complex Sentences Independent + Independent Clause Never use comma only for combining independent clauses Use semicolon or comma+FANBOYS FANBOYS (For, and nor, but, or, yet,so), used to combined two independent clauses Dependent Clause, Independent clause is correct Because his job is so challenging, Tome loves the corporate office Independent clause+ dependent clause can be combined with or without comma X, which Y X since Y Subject Verb Agreement: Subject and verb must agree in number: Singular Subject= Singular Verb Conjunctions P and Q = Plural Both P and Q = Plural Never say Both X and also Y. Correct Idiom is Both X and Y Additive Phrases: as well as, including, accompanied by, in addition to e.g P as well as Q: If P is singular, verb is singular. If P is Plural, Verb is Plural. P or Q e.g. Either P or Q, Neither P nor Q: Ignore P, if Q is singular, then the verb is singular. If Q is plural, then the verb is plural The senators or the President is going to issue the speech The President or the senators are going to issue the speech Example: Neither the late 18th composer, such as Mozart or Haydn, nor Beethoven, as well as Schubert, in the early 19th century, was known to compose in the suite format, so popular in the Baroque period. Notice ‘OR’ conjunction - focus on the subject closer to the verb (Beethoven). Notice additive phrases ‘as well as’ - focus on the first subject (Beethoven). Beethoven is singular, hence verb is singular (was) Either of X/Neither of Y is always singular even if X or Y is plural E.g. Neither of the two lights on the streets is functional Y is lights plural But the sentence starts with Neither So is-verb is singular Collecti