Idioms (Executive Assessment – Sentence Corrections – Addressing Common Issues)

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Question Logistics
- Assume 3-5 Sentence Corrections in 14 Question Verbal Section
- Assume 1-3 Sentence Corrections in Each Seven Question Half
- Least Amount to Read for Any Verbal Section Question Format

Strategic Best Practices
- Assume 1m30 per Question Average
- Maximum 2m00 for Any Question
- Minimize to a Single Reread Before Eliminating and Guessing to Save Time
- Beware of “Listening” for Errors
- Look for Differences Indicating Possible Common Sentence Correction Issues

Seeking Idiom Errors
- Rely on English Instincts for Immediately Disconcerting Structures
- Carefully Track Conjunctions in Lists and Comparisons
- Avoid Trying to “Remember the Rule” in the Moment
Strategic Implications
- Must be Able to Identify Idiomatic Error and Immediately Predict the Correct Alternative to Evaluate Idiom Issues
- Idiom Should be the Final Item to Evaluate if You Have Any Doubt as to What the Correct Answer Should Do to Employ the Correct Idiom
- Seek Other “Easier” Issues if Cannot Determine Correct Option for a Clear Idiomatic Difference
- Recognize that Idiomatic Differences Rarely Only Issue Tested on an Individual Executive Assessment Sentence Correction

Limited Quantities
- Couple – Two exactly
- Few – Small in number, but greater than one
- Several – Greater than two, but less than “many”
- Couple ≤ Few ≤ Several

Differentiations
- Between – Two items exactly
- I must decide between the two options
- Among – More than two items
- I can select my toppings from among the seven condiments offered

Countable Quantities
- Fewer – There are fewer cats in the yard today.
- Many – There are many cats in the yard today.
- More – There are more cats in the yard today.
Uncountable Quantities
- Less – The yard is less clean.
- More – The yard is more crowded.
- Much – The yard is much dirtier.
- Much, rather than more, modifies another comparative or superlative

Comparing Numerable Quantities
- Alternative structures and rules exist, but these most likely on EA
- Greater – Increase can be represented as a number
- The population of California is greater than that of Canada.
- Higher / Lower – The compared item is economic or mathematic
- The GDP of California is higher than that of Canada.
- Canada’s GDP is lower than California’s.
- Less – Decrease can be represented as a number
- California’s area is less than that of Canada.
- Over / Under – Compared against a defined standard
- California’s GDP is over $3 trillion per year.

Causalities
- Because of – Adverbial phrase that must follow an action
- The dog ran away because of the shrill noise.
- Due to – Adjectivial phrase that must follow a noun and “to be”
- The dog’s fearful response was due to the shrill noise.
- Since – More correctly indicates passage of time than causality
- Since it was young, the dog has disliked shrill noise.

Conditionals
- If – Introduces a condition indicating cause and effect
- If we score next, we will win!
- Whether – Introduces two alternatives
- I wonder whether it will rain today.
- Whether or not – Introduces an irrelevancy
- Whether or not we win, we’ll make the playoffs.

Both
- Used to combine two items of equal stature
- Uses “and” as only acceptable conjunction
- Harshita was both hungry and tired.

Not only... but also
- Used to present two items, the second of which is somewhat surprising
- Items must be parallel both conceptually and grammatically
- Harshita was not only hungry but also tired.

As well as
- Similar in meaning to not only... but also
- Does not create a compound (plural) subject
- Harshita, as well as John, was late.

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