GMAT SENTENCE CORRECTION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

GMAT SENTENCE CORRECTION EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS noun modifier placement - Answer-the closer the better!!!! usually the modifier will be placed right next to each other, with no words intervening essential modifiers trump nonessential for placement, when a noun has more than one modifier possessive nouns are NOT nouns - Answer-they are adjectives... so a noun modifier cannot point to a possessive noun... need to rearrange the sentence structure that followed by a noun - Answer---> Noun modifier!!! follows a verb = sentence reset noun modifier work starters - Answer-which, who, whose, whom, where, when (that is following a noun) --> these always signal a noun modifier! Whom/Who- must modify people Which - cannot modify people whose- can modify people or things which/whom- sometimes follow prepositions where- modifies an actual place, not a metaphorical place (ie condition, situation, case, circumstance) when/which - can modify noun event or time prep phrases and participle modifiers can be noun modifiers, but follow specific rules - Answer-Researchers discovered that the most common risk factor resulting in cholera epidemics is the lack of a clean water supply