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Economic - Related to money. "I have joined a job considering my economic condition.
Economical - Related to efficiency/thrifty. Driving a diesel car is economical |
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Aggravate (worsen)
Aggravating (irritating) |
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known - Named as
Known to be - acknowledged as |
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loss of - no longer in possession of
loss in - decline |
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native of - resident of
native to - species that originate |
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range of - variety of
ranging - varying |
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Rates of - Frequency or speed of
Rates for - prices for |
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rise - general increase
raise - a bet or salary increase |
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seek to accomplish
experiment with |
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will - absolutely certain
may - uncertain |
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must - absolutely necessary
should - morally obliged |
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| Option split between is/are, have/has,is what type of error type? |
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| Sub-verb . Look to see if reference is singular or plural |
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| Option split between noun and pronoun is what type of error primariyl? |
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| Pronoun-antecedent agreement. Look for any ambiguity and meaning of sentence. Any ambiguous options are thrown out |
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| Option split between "fewer" and "less" or "countable" and "uncountable" terms. |
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| Agreement. Look to see if reference is countable (less, amount, much should be used) or uncountable (fewer, number, many) |
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| What are the SANAM pronouns? |
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| Some, Any, None, All, More/Most. They could be plural or singular need to look at meaning and choose verb/prounoun accordingly.Look at noun object of the "of phrase" following SANAM promouns |
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| What verb amount is "each" and "every" |
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| Singular verb. Unless "Each" is after subject, in which case just look at subject form |
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| Option split between or/and/nor is what type of primary SC? |
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| Parallelism. these words are used in the list, make sure connector is consistent. There should be an "and" before last item in the list |
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| Option split between it, its, they, their, them is what type of error? |
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| Pronoun antecedent agreement. Look for reference of pronoun to singular or plural to eliminate options. |
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| A phrase where the noun is replaced with "that" or "those" as a pronoun |
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| What is being tested if a phrase or word moves around in option choices |
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| What does an -ing clause after comma convery |
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| cause-effect relationship. Look to see if a cause effect relationship is fitting in the sentence, if not then -ing is wrong and option may be wrong |
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| What are the 3 major assumption types |
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1) Relevance
2) Success
3) No Other Factors |
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| What does the "Relevance" assumption type assume of the argument? |
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| It assumes that the evidence is relevant to the conclusion. OR that what was true in the past will be true in the future OR what is true for one is true for all |
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| What is the "Success" assumption type assume about the argument? |
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| That outcome is likely due to argument |
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| What does the "No Other Factors" assume about the argument? |
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| that no other factors could have been applied to achieve outcome other than the cherrypicked argument |
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| What is FANBOYS and what do they do in a sentence |
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| For,And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. Coordinating conjunctions that join independent clauses |
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"which" is used for non-restrictive clauses to describe subject/object, which are clauses not vital to sentence, often uses comma.
Restrictive clauses are those that are vital, "that" is used to describe the subject/object in the sentence.
They cannot be interchangeable used. |
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| Because of vs. owing to vs. Since |
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| Because of and owing to cannot introduce a noun. Also since is usually used for a timeframe vs. because |
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Since is used to show an action began at some point in time and continues to now. Present perfect or present continuous should be used (continuing action)
From is used more for just the beginning of time frame (Doctor will be here from 10AM) |
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If for conditional statement and definite outcome
When only for definite outcome |
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| What can precede "results in" |
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| An action. A noun or object cannot result in. Look out for big gap between these two to throw me off. |
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| preposition + verb-ing + noun is ?: I've never heard of bees stinging dogs results in the act of stinging causing |
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| WRONG. HOWever, look closely to make sure it's not a modifier for noun (adjective or gerund) and in fact is a verb |
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| how to check if "due to" works in context |
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| Replace due to with "caused by" if it still makes sense, then it's right. Might not sound right but if meaning works. It modifies noun phrase. |
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| How to tell if future or past tense used in subjunctive |
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1) Look at timeline
2) Past for commands and hypotheticals |
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| How to tell if "because of" is used right |
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Because of is used to modify verb phrase
" It is cold in the US due to the polar vortex" is WRONG. Replace with "caused by" and test
"It is cold in the US because of the polar vortex" |
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An element of a sentence that modifies, or further describes another element of a sentence.
e.g.: Nisha's house, a bungalow, has solar panels (bungalow)
MY sister Lucia, is working to preserve rainforests (Lucia) |
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| Restrictive/Non-restrictive clauses vs. appositives |
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| Restrictive clauses aren't separated from their appositive (modifier) by a comma, NRC are. |
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| Look for abstract appositives. What are they? |
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unlike appositives, they modify an idea/plan/thought that has been presented in the sentence rather than a noun.
E.g. Earth's population of humans is expected to increase substantially over the coming decades, a development that could have significant negative effects on quality of life on the planet |
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| Look out for compound subjects. What are they? |
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| Subjects joined by "and', 'or', 'nor'. Grouping of these nouns could make verb plural or singular |
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| When do compound subjects make plural subject? |
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| Usually if two seperate entities are joined by "and" it is a plural. However look out for "bed & breakfast" "rice& beans" etc. |
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| Additive phrases take singular or plural verb? |
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| Singular. Additive phrases are "along with", "as well as", "in addition", "acconpanied by" |
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| Subverb agreement rule for "neither..nor" "either..or", "or" , "nor" |
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If compound subjects created, verb must agree with subject noun to which it is closest.
Eg: Neither the bread nor the potatoes look very appealing (potatoes)
Neither the potatoes nor the bread looks very appealing (bread)
It is unknown whether the stagnant wages or the recent cut to medical benefits was the cause of the strike (recent cut)
It is unknown whether the recent cut to the medical benefits or stagnant wages were the cause of the strike (wages) |
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| Sub-verb agreement for collective nouns is plural when |
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Actions of members within collective are being discussed
E.g.: The crew sometimes argue among themselves over who should handle each of the tasks |
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| Sub-verb agreement for collective nouns is singular when |
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| Collective acts as a single unit |
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| Majority and Minority follow __ sub-verb rules |
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