Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Idioms - 1


As a part of GMAT SC preparations, am starting a kind of Super Week (Yep inspired from those silly ZooZoos & also someone's idea ! ) to jot down the basic Idioms, specially helpful to the non-native English speakers ! To begin with the following 1st list from Kaplan !

1. Regarded as ...& not regarded to be:

I regarded him as the most intelligent... & not 

2. Considered a :

Considered to be is right but considered wordy by GMAT
Considered as a is Wrong

It is considered a major market leader...

3. as long as :

It too me 4 times as long as it would have taken me to complete the report...
& not long than XXXX

4.The Geneva Convention covers such Questions as (& not like) proper treatment

5. He plays Guitar as his father does. (& not like again !!)

6. at a rate of & not in a rate of

The GAs was being produced at the rate of...

7. prefer to & not over

 I prefer Korean food to Japanese & not over (How to remember : GMAT avoids being wordy !)

8. from attending & not to attend (How to remember : You don't discourage someone to attend but from Attending !)

My Mom tried to discourage me from attending ,..

9. Between is used to choose to distinguish two things..& among is used for more than 4.

Ex : They divided the pie among themselves or among 4 of them

10. Fewer is used for countable things & less is used for abstract items & uncountable

Ex : Less milk/water .. Fewer Salary !

5 comments:

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  2. Thanks God... I am not a GMAT aspirant...phew...

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  3. Lol ! English is a funny language & is really taking on my nerves.

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  4. Though you are yet to enter a management school yet you know the first rule of marketing:- Sell what people want to Buy.

    Looks like pretty soon people would start reading your blog more than any edition of "Official Guide to GMAT".


    PS- please tell me from where you got these errors. Verbal has always been my "strongest" areas in CAT.

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  5. You have arrived at the right place for your verbal queries, Mr.The-Guy-Next-Door ! :D
    On a little more serious note, you already know it better !
    Enjoy & keep supporting the Blog.
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