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Chapter 2 GRAMMAR, MEANING, CONCISION.Most instances of meaning errors fall into one of three categories (three kinds)Helping verbsThe meaning of shouldUnder what circumstances should you chose a more concise answer?1)choose your words 2) place your words 3) match your wordsHelping verbs express various levels of certainty, obligation, and reality, simply by swapping these verbs, the GMAT can completely change the meaning of the sentenceShould means “moral obligation”, not“likelihood”.1) If two choices are both grammatically correct and clear in meaning, but one is more concise than the other, then choose the shorter one.2) Another aspect of concision is redundancy. If a word can be removed without subtracting from the meaning of the sentence, it should be eliminated.Chapter 3 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENTThree requirements for subject and verb in a sentenceHow to identify the subject and verb?Common types of middle men and warm-upsAdditive phrasesOr, either…or neither… norCollective nounsIndefinite pronouns5 indefinite pronouns that can be either singular or plural depending on the contextEach everyThe number of a number of Majority totality pluralitySubject phrase clausesSubject in an inverted constructionEmergency 1) subject and verb must both exist 2) subject and verb must make sense together 3)subject and verb must agree in number1)eliminate the middlemen, and skip the warmup 2) use the structure to decide1) prepositional phrases 2) subordinate clauses 3) other modifiers 4) commas are another help signonly the word and can change a singular subject into a plural one. Singular subject followed by additive phrases remain singular subjects.1) If one of the nouns is singular and the other noun is plural, what verb form should be used? The answer is simple: find the noun nearest to the verb, and make sure that the verb agrees in number with this noun.2) when the words either or neither are in sentence alone (without or or nor), they are considered si