Very often, the GMAT takers get confused in a sentence correction question because they are unable to connect one part of the sentence with another. This is because of the unnecessary and distracting information filled between the essential parts of the sentence. Many GMAT takers are unable to filter out this useless information.
Reducing a sentence by blotting out or ignoring the unnecessary part proves to be highly effective in sentences which are long and unnecessary wordy. For every GMAT aspirant, the habit of reducing sentences should form a part of sentence correction techniques. After understanding what the sentence means, a student can reduce the sentence to find grammatical errors (if any) in it.
What are parts that you can remove from a sentence without causing much change in the sentence? The list is long and depends mostly depends on your intuitive understanding but given below are some of the parts you can remove.
□ Nouns apart from the subject.
Original Form- A calendar stick carved centuries ago by the Winnebago tribe may provide...
Reduced Form-A calendar stick may provide...
Original Form- A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount...
Reduced Form-A 1972 agreement reduced the amount...
□ Modifiers.
Original Form-A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return
Reduced Form- Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return
□ Information between two commas.
Original Form- A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
Reduced Form-A new phenomena are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
In this respect, be on lookout for information that is lying between two commas and that beginning with a "which".
_Jason Harding
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