Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Sentence Correction) [Paperback]

Manhattan Gmat Prep (Corporate Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2008 | Series: Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Sentence Correction

The Sentence Correction guide provides a highly organized and structured approach to the variety of questions in this verbal content area. Mastery of sentence correction is possible through the development of a true grasp of the rules of "GMAT grammar." Students are presented with every major grammatical principle and minor grammatical point tested on the GMAT, as well as ample opportunities to practice each one. The guide also includes online access to 6 full-length Computer Adaptive Practice Exams on ManhattanGMAT's website.

Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains a total of 187 "In-Action" problems of increasing difficulty with detailed answer explanations.

Special Features

Purchase of this book includes one year of access to ManhattanGMAT's online Sentence Correction Question Bank (accessible by inputting a unique code in the back of each book).

Manhattan GMAT has categorized all the Sentence Correction problems in The Official Guides by question type. These categorized problems have been organized into problem lists that appear in the Sentence Correction Strategy Guide.

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About the ManhattanGMAT Strategy Guides

The ManhattanGMAT Strategy Guides offer students a unique balance between two competing emphases: test-taking strategies and in-depth content understanding. Most prep courses focus on the strategic portion of the GMAT - timing, shortcuts, etc. However, we believe that unless a student has a solid understanding of the content, the tricks won't be of any use. Therefore, we include practice problem sets that build specific foundational skills in each topic as well as advanced content that many other prep books ignore.

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What Students Are Saying: "The Sentence Correction Guide has great summaries of the topics and strong examples to strengthen the lessons. I consider the guide a great review of grammatical knowledge tested on the GMAT." "The 7 Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guides were invaluable. The guides were well organized and easily understandable for students at all levels. They imposed a lot of discipline, forcing me to study the topics in an organized way. The study skill sections were also helpful for additional practice before tackling actual GMAT problem types." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: MG Prep, Inc.; 3 Pap/Psc edition (October 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981853366
• ISBN-13: 978-0981853369
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the last decade, Manhattan GMAT has grown from a single, dedicated tutor to a major test prep company with locations across the country. Our philosophy is simple: We aim to help students achieve their goals by providing the best curriculum and the highest-quality instructors in the industry. Manhattan GMAT hires fewer than 1 in 10 qualified applicants for its teaching positions, ensuring every instructor has years of experience and a 99th percentile score. So you can trust our books are developed by the very best.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best SC Resource (comes with 6 GMAT tests online but with few practice questions), April 24, 2009

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This review is from: Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Sentence Correction) (Paperback)

Huge point - I did not see this mentioned anywhere: this book comes with access to 6 online Manhattan GMAT CAT Tests, which are very good quality - they are yours just for buying this book, which makes it a VERY good value!

Another important part to note right away that the book has VERY FEW practice questions. There is 1 or 2 that are used to carry the point across and then there are "In Action" collection of 10-25 sentences at the end of each chapter (plus some online practice) but the book assumes that you will be using the Official Guide or the Verbal supplement for the official Guide. You should get those books anyway, but beware that they are required for practice. If you have already gone through OG's, get The PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible - it is almost as good but comes with practice questions.

This is the best book on the market today as voted by many gmatclub members.

Strengths:

* Only the relevant information and grammar points. Saves a tremendous amount of time

* Indepth overview of each error type to notice the patterns

* Good structure and gradual progression from basic to more advanced topics

* Includes advanced strategies for advanced test takers (650/700+ level)

* Finally, it provides approaches and strategies that work

* Excellent layout - very conducive to learning - especially helpful for visual learners (I am one). The book is actually so well laid out and published that it is enjoyable to read.

*** Access to 6 online GMAT Tests online

Weaknesses:

* Few practice questions included (mentioned above)

* Poor "style" coverage, which usually are the hardest GMAT questions

Let me know if you have any questions about this book - I answer comments on Amazon.

Good Luck on your GMAT,

Best Regards,

BB, Founder of GMAT Club GMAT 750

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very substantial improvement over the previous version, November 6, 2008

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Jaewoo Kim "OB-Wan" (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Sentence Correction) (Paperback)

The GMAT Sentence Correction is what massacres their most people's GMAT score. This book provides GMAT SC coverage better than any book I know.

The previous edition of MGMAT Sentence Correction was decent. But it only covered part of what is tested on the GMAT. This version has largely resolved that problem.

This book covers many areas such as "complex verbs that act as nouns" which is not covered in the previous version. The anonymous authors of this book are apparently high level experts of not only GMAT SC but also general grammar.

GMAT has changed over the years and it has become a substantially different test. The Official Guides no longer provides an accurate guidance of the type and the difficulty level of the actual GMAT questions. If you have taken GMAT Prep (provided free by providers of GMAT), then you will know what I mean.

I have purchased the previous MGMAT SC, PowerPrep SC, and this book. By a wide margin, this book provides the best coverage of both the range and the difficulty level of the real GMAT SC questions.

This is not a short book and you will need to master every inch of it to do well on the GMAT SC. I highly recommend it as the primary source for GMAT SC studies.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars By far the best material I've seen for GMAT sentence correction, October 24, 2010

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Randy Warnke (Shrewsbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sentence Correction GMAT Preparation Guide (Manhattan GMAT Preparation Guide: Sentence Correction) (Paperback)

I tried sentence correction with several different books - Kaplan, Princeton Review, and others. The other books seemed to focus more on the tricks and shortcuts you can use to arrive at an answer. This book actually takes the time to teach sentence correction, which is exactly what I wanted. This book, plus a bit of effort, turned what would have been my worst section of the exam (based on pre-tests I took) into my best one.

The online material that Manhattan GMAT offers is really helpful to get some additional sentence correction practice problems. You also get access to sample math problems, but I didn't find those to be at all representative of the type of questions you would see on the exam.

Consistent with other recommendations, after studying with this book, get a copy of the GMAT official guide to try out some more problems.