RON SC 笔记 LESSON 1
1. Pronoun ambiguity
2. Proposition +noun+v.ing
If the ACTION is the intended object of the preposition, then this construction is wrong. E.g evidence of my brother stealing.. ×
evidence of my brother’s stealing √
BE SUSPICIOUS OF THIS CONSTRUCTION IN GMAT ALWAYS
LESSON2 PARALLELISM
1. Wrong: Earl walked to school, AND later ate his lunch Right: Earl walked to school AND later ate his lunch
Right: Earl walked to school, AND HE later ate his lunch.
Right: I want to eat fish, drink milk, and go to sleep.
The comma and the “and” are tags!!
2. On the GMAT, if you have to a list of three or more things, there must be a comma before the final “and”:
X, Y, and Z × X，Y, and, Z √
Hand signs that natives use and that appear in local rituals √
Hand signs that natives use and appear in local rituals × （ VERB--appear--whose subject is “hand signs” ）
Hand signs used by natives and appearing in local rituals √
NOT ALL PARALLEL STRUCTURES HAVE PERFECTLY MATCHING COPONENENTS:
They argue just as frequently and about the same topics as the couple living next door to them.
Many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to come from × NEW SUBJECT verb
Many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and that North Americans are exposed to come
√
Many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come √
YOU only want structures to be parallel if the ideas represented by those words are parallel!!!
Lesson 3 BASES ON VS DUE TO