GMAT语法考试被称为“世界上最难的考试”。可见，要想在GMAT考试语法部分得到高分，考生就要从最基的本知识点开始积累。本文将分享了一些GMAT语法中常用词组的归纳，希望可以帮助到大家。
1. Just as ...., so
This is a idiom. Just remember it.
2. in that vs because - in that is used to talk about some aspects, and because is used to talk about all aspects
Example :
Going to Ivy league college is very stressfull because it includes huge expenses.
means
Going to Ivy league college is very stressfull in all aspects
Going to Ivy league college is very stressfull in that it includes huge expenses.
means
Going to Ivy league college is very stressfull from economic point of view.
3.so + adjective/adverb/noun + that + sentence
Example - So hard that
so + adjective/adverb/noun + as + infinitive
Example - So hard as to
Example :
Usage - Something is so beautiful that... is preferred over so beautiful is soemthing that...
4. Although all the shows telecast were not live - It means none of the shows were telecast live
Although not all the shows were telecast live - It means some of them were telecast live.
5. such as - Means for example
6. in order to do - short form is to do
7. I hate him, for he is a christian - the word for means because
8. Greater numbers is preferrable to more numbers
9. usage of so as to and so that
First, you should know that such + noun + as to is much less common than so + adj/adv + as to.
Now, for the difference between these two. I think these are best illustrated with examples:
Xue Mei spoke in such a way as to calm us down.
The sales materials are presented in such a way as to encourage attendees to purchase the products on the spot.
These usages focus on doing an action and paying to that action while you are doing it so that the action creates
a result. To simplify a bit, these usages answer the question, Why did you do it in that way?
So, the most common words to use with this pattern are way, manner, etc.
Compare these similar sentences:
Xue Mei spoke so that we would stop asking her questions.
The sales materials are presented at the end of the meetings so that the participants won‘t realize the meeting
is actually a sales presentation.
The part that comes after so... that... answers the question WHY.
10. equally well vs as well
as well - means also
equally well - is used for comparision.
11. because is preferrable to Since is preferrable to being
12. Rather than is (usually) a conjunction, NOT a preposition; instead of is a preposition, NOT a conjunction.
13. Absolute phrase example
I chose A, which is the right answer, but I don‘t really understand why. Is A an absolute phrase?
For several decades after 1830, Paterson was among the fastest growing cities, its population nearly doubling every ten years.
a...
b. with nearly doubled population every ten years.
c. its population was almost twice as much every ten years.
d. every ten years its population was almost doubled
e. almost every ten years population was twice as much
Paterson was among the fastest growing cities, and its population was nearly doubling every ten years.
That‘s the main idea with absolute phrases, since they never include the conjunction or the verb. You should also know that when the -ing form or being is correct, it‘s because these words are in an absolute phrase;
Country X saw dramatic increases in many industries, with industry Y being the industry with the greatest increase.
14 Usage of likelihood
1. likelihood that something will happen
2. likelihood of something
Example
Likelihood that violence will errupt.
Likelihood of snowing today is low.
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