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Sentence Correction Secrets
On the sentence correction questions, when in doubt GO SHORT.
In a study of the past Editions of the Official Guide to the GMAT, there is strong evidence that the shorter
answers tend to be right much more often than the longer answers.
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Times Correct/Possibilities |
% Correct |
| Shortest answer |
101/365 |
27.7% |
| 2nd Shortest answer |
95/365 |
26.0% |
| 3rd Shortest answer |
87/365 |
23.8% |
| 4th Shortest answer |
44/365 |
12.1% |
| 5th Shortest answer (Longest) |
38/365 |
10.4% |
As you can see by the chart, the shortest answers are not always correct, but
have a much greater probability of being right than the longest answers. In
fact, the shortest answer is almost three times as likely to be correct as
the longest answer! If you're debating between two possibilities on the test,
go with the shorter one and the odds will be in your favor. (Note: The study
was conducted using a visual appraisal to figure out the shortest answers rather
than word or letter count. Visual "ties" were split up among each
tied answer choice. For example, if the correct answer and another answer were
tied for 2nd shortest, both the 2nd shortest and 3rd shortest were given credit
and two possibilities were counted.)
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