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    Sentence Correction
  I: Introduction
  II: Sentence Correction Tips
  III: Glossary
  IV: Three-Step Method
V: Seven Error Types  
1. Subject-Verb Agreement
2. Modifiers
3. Parallelism
4. Pronoun Agreement
5. Verb Time Sequences
6. Comparisons
7. Idioms
a. Introduction
b. List of Idioms
c. Sample Questions
  VI: Sample Questions

 



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7. Idioms: Introduction
 

 

Idioms

A. Introduction
B. List of Idioms
C. Sample Questions

 




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Idioms are not hard and fast rules of grammar. Instead, they're verbal habits and preferences that have become ingrained in the English language after many years of repeated use. To prepare for idiom questions, take a look at the list of common idioms below, split them into two lists – those you know, and those you don't know – and memorize the ones you don't know. It can also help to start reading every day, as idioms appear in almost every kind of reading material available.

Look for these common tricks on GMAT questions:

  • Consider, regard... as, think of...as: there is no as after consider, while both regard and think of need the as.
  • To be/being: In general, avoid the construction to be/being because they are usually passive. To be/being are commonly used in junk answer choices.
 
 
 


6. COMPARISONS


B. List of Idioms