GMAT SC Manhatten曼哈顿语法总结(770NN)

GMAT SC Manhatten曼哈顿语法总结(770NN)

目录

Subject-verb agreement (7)

Fragment: Subject and verb must both exist (7)

Sense: Subject and verb must make sense together (8)

Number agreement: Subject and verb must agree in number (9)

Additive phrases (9)

Or, either…or, neither…nor: nearest . 9

Collective nouns: almost always

singular (9)

Indefinite pronouns: usually singular.9

SANAMM words: some; any; none; all;

more; most; (9)

Each and every (9)

Quantity words and phrases (9)

Subject phrases and clauses: always

singular (10)

Parallelism (10)

Parallel markers (10)

Parallel elements (11)

You can split apart the expressions:.. 12

Parallel clauses should start with the

same word (12)

Lists with AND (13)

Idioms with parallel structure (13)

Superficial parallelism vs. actual parallelism (13)

Watch out for linking verbs (14)

Treat any linking verb as a parallel

market. (14)

And they have to make sense (15)

Pronoun (15)

Antecedent must exist: as a noun (15)

Antecedent and pronoun must make sense together (15)

The antecedent must be unambiguous (16)

The antecedent and pronoun must agree in number (16)

Pronoun case (16)

Watch out for parallelism (16)

’s is often poor antecedent (17)

The deadly five: it, its, they, them, their (17)

This, that, these, and those (18)

Adjectives: (18)

New copy (18)

Agree in number with previous version

(18)

This, these, that, and those cannot be

used as nouns. (18)

Modifiers (19)

Adjectives and adverbs (19)

Adjective + adjective + noun (19)

Adverb + adjective + noun (19)

Noun modifiers (20)

Misplaced modifier (21)

Dangling modifier (21)

Modifiers have to make sense (22)

Noun modifiers with relative clause.. 22

Essential vs. non-essential noun

modifiers (23)

Verb modifiers (23)

Verb tense, mood and voice (25)

Tense (25)

Simple tense (25)

Progressive tense (25)

Keep verb tense consistent (25)

Present perfect: still in effect (26)

Past perfect: the earlier action (26)

Tense sequence (27)

The subjunctive mood (28)

Hypothetical subjunctive (28)

If...then constructions (28)

The command subjunctive (29)

Active voice vs. passive voice (31)

Comparisons (32)

Keeping comparisons parallel (32)

Comparisons must be logically parallel

(32)

Comparisons must be structurally

parallel (33)

Omitted words (33)

Comparative and superlative forms (34)

Idioms (35)