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Comparison/contrast markers

A subset of parallelism

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Have to compare/contrast two elements that are the same type of things. Eg people to people, animal to animal, etc

Pronoun vs pronoun
Pronoun vs that of…

  1. Like - Placement can be in the beginning or the middle
  2. Unlike- Same placement as like
  3. As
  4. Than
    5 As… As
  5. Different from
  6. In contrast to
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Although

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Contrast/comparison

Also a subordinating conjunction

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Yet

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Contrast/Comparison

Also a coordinating conjunction. Part of the fanboys club!

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Countable vs uncountable modifiers

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Try to count out the noun!!

Countable modifiers
Many
Few
Fewer
Fewest
Number
Numerous
Unaccountable
Great
Amount
Much
Least
Less
Little
Can be used for plural countable nouns and singular uncountable nouns
More
Enough
Most
All

Unit nouns represent UNCOUNTABLE QUANTITIES. Eg dollars, gallons

Countable quantities doesn’t have plurals?!?

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Including vs Like vs As

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Including is introducing examples.

Like is indicating similarities between two or more things
Like is used to compare nouns, pronouns or noun phrases. Cannot put a clause or prepositional phrase after like!!
Cannot be used to introduce examples!!! Need to use such as instead

As can be used to compare two clauses

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Five must know grammar terms

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  1. Clause - Independent vs Dependent
  2. Modifiers
  3. Sentence Core
  4. Conjunction
  5. Marker
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Independent clause

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Subject and working verb.

Who did what?

Complete sentence requires one independent clause

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Modifier

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Provides additional info in a sentence

Answers the questions who, what, when, where, which, why

Should not lead to ambiguity or illogical meaning!

Eg Adjective like large, small, happy

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Modifier

That vs Which

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That - Essential modifier

Which - Nonessential modifier. If you remove it the sentence would still make sense

They are noun modifiers

Essential modifiers trump non essential and comes before it

For non essential modifiers, putting both right after each other can be awkward and incorrect. Usually break it up with a core phrase

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Sentence core

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Independent clauses and essential modifiers

Does not include nonessential modifiers

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Conjunction

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Combine sentences together

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Coordinating conjunctions

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Combine two independent clauses together. Can be used with a comma

FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO
FANBOYS

5 three
2 two

FOR is a conjunction AND preposition

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Subordinating conjunctions

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Connect modifiers to independent clauses

ALTHOUGH
BECAUSE
BEFORE
AFTER

THOUGH
UNLESS
WHILE
IF

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Meaning errors

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  1. Choose
  2. Place
  3. Match
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Meaning error

Known as vs Known to be

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Named vs acknowledge as

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Helping verbs

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The following verbs can impact the meaning of a sentence dramatically:

May
Will
Must - Absolutely necessary
Should - Moral obligation, NOT likelihood

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Only, all

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Place of words.

Watch for words that quantify nouns or otherwise restrict meaning. This can definitely alter the meaning of a sentence!!

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Compose

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Relate parts to whole

When the part of the subject the verb has to be active

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Two things vs Three or more things

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Two is:
Between
Better
Worse
More
Less

Three or more is:
Among
Best
Worst
Most
Least
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Working verb

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Verb that can run a sentence by itself

Express action of a sentence

NEVER end in -ing

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Participles

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Present
Always end in -ing and can be used as a:
1. Verb - Must have another verb immediately before it. For example is playing
2. Noun
3. Noun modifier
4. Verb modifier - Have comma and then the participle word

Indicates ongoing action, though not necessarily in the present

Past
Most commonly end in -ed, although there are irregular ones. For example swim, swam, swum. Swum would be the past participle

Cannot function as a noun

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Preposition

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Indicates relationship between the object and something else in the sentence. Can consist of more than one word

Usually close to a noun or noun phrase

Can also be a noun modifier!!!

In

For
On
Of
To

From
At
By

With
Upon

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1 three
6 two

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Compound subject

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Must be connected by the word and - Is plural

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Compound verb

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Two or more verbs that all point to the same subject

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Dependent clause
Begins with connecting words such as who, which, because, cannot stand on their own
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That
Can be an essential modifier When is occurs directly after a working verb, it acts as a reset button and a new subject verb object structure will follow That indicates more info is coming
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Run on sentence
Connecting two independent clauses via a comma is incorrect!!
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Semicolon
Can also be used to connect two sentences. These two sentences must be independent clauses Not part of the FANBOYS club. Nonetheless, However, Therefore, In addition
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Transition expression
Therefore, however, in addition, nevertheless. Not true conjunctions. Must be used with semi colons Basically anything that is NOT part of FANBOYS
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So... that
Correct idiom Eg so brutal that
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Chapter 2: Gramma and Meaning
Gramma - Five key grammar sections Meaning - CPM
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Chapter 3: Sentence structure
1. Subject and working verb must both exist 2. S and WV must agree in number 3. Eliminate the middlemen! 4. Use of conjunctions 5. Use of semicolons
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Common noun vs pronoun vs proper noun
Common noun - Identifies class of people, places and things. Eg city, chair, peasants Pronoun - I, She, He, They Proper noun - Names of specific nouns, such as Karen, Japan, Quantium
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Modifiers - Adjectives vs adverbs
Both are one word modifiers Adjectives - Only modify a noun or pronoun Adverbs - Anything but a noun or pronoun, such as verbs, adjectives, prepositional phrases, even entire clauses Usually ends with - ly
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Common adjectives/adverbs that pop in GMAT
10 words ``` Corresponding Frequent Independent Rare Recent Seeming Separate Significant Supposed Usual ``` Karen is corresponding frequently with Calvin, despite being an independent person. She recently went to Hurricanes and got a rare steak. It was seemingly good. She had to eat separately because her significant other didn't like her face. Supposedly she also didn't like his face, and was back to her usual hangry self
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Instead of ...
Be suspicious about it!!! In the GMAT it is usually considered to be too casual Can use Compared to and Rather than instead
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Noun modifiers
Place the noun and its modifier as close to each other as possible! The modifiers can be beyond just one word Sometimes a modifier can be separated from the noun by another modifier
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With... noun and participle
GMAT DOESNT LIKE THIS AT ALL Eg with Karen's pants dropping
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Just as...
So.... Idiom
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Tenses (Hint there are three main ones)
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Noun modifier markers - Relative pronouns
The seven wonders Whom - Must modify people. Sometimes follow for Who - Must modify people Whose - Can modify things or people Which - Sometimes follow through . MUST refer to a noun!!! Where - Modify noun place, but can't modify metaphoric place. In this case use in which When - Modify noun event or time. Can also use in which THAT - The only one without W. Can sometimes significantly other structures besides noun modifiers. > Follows noun immediately = Noun modifier > Follows verb immediately = More complex structure. Acts as an essential modifier
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Noun modifier markers - Prepositions and participles
Remember I FOOT FAB W and also the different participles For participle modifiers, note that the first sentence instigated the action, and the second sentence is the result
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Adverbial modifiers
Modify verbs and adverbs 1. Adverbs 2. Prepositional phrases 3. Present participle with commas 4. Past participle with commas Does not have the same placement restraints as noun modifiers Answers questions such as how, when, where, why an action has occurred
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The word NUMBERS
Use GREATER THAN, not MORE THAN
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Gerund
Verb that acts like a noun Ends with -ing. Can be confused with present participle. BE CAREFUL!!!
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Verb form to be
Can include is, are, am, etc Avoid relative clauses!!! Simplify use simple noun modifiers. Reduces wordiness
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Infinitive verb
To....basic verb Indicates a purpose!!! Eg To sleep, to walk Can act as either a noun or as a modifier in the sentence Sometimes does not need the to The verb has to be basic. Eg to sleeping is not an infinitive verb
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Linking verb
Describe what a subject is or what condition the subject is in. Another parallelism marker!!! To be verbs such as is, are, was, were, am, been, be, being Appear, become, turn, taste, etc
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Root phrase
Portion before the list starts You should be able to plug in the lists into the root phrase
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Parallelism marks
The story is I am apply for Bachelor of Analytics (Both... And) for FULL TIME (From... To). There are a lot of people with EGO WITHOUT THE GOODS (Either Or). I would also prefer NBA WITHOUT THE ASSHOLES (Not... But). Therefore I say NO TO BA (Not only... But also) Open - Two FANBOYS and another is RIGHT TRIANGLE 1. AND - Two or three 2. OR - Two 3. RATHER THAN - Two Closed 1. Both...And 2. Either...Or 3. Not...But 4. Not only...But also 5. From...To
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AND
Elements that can be in parallel: Noun with noun Action noun with action noun Gerund with gerund Gerund with action noun Working verbs can be paired in different tenses Can also pair present and past participles
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Comparative and superlative
Two things - Comparative form. Eg quicker, faster, shorter, more interesting Never use the comparative form without using THAN Three things or more - Superlative form Eg quickest, fastest, shortest, most interesting For adverbs ending in -Ly, use more rather than the word ending in -er. Eg if quickly is used, used more quickly For adverbs that doesn't end in -Ly, -er is fine
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Both to vs to both
Both to X and to Y - Parralleim To both X and Y
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Due to
Due is adjective and has to modify a noun! Cannot modifiers actions

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