The 8 Most Common GMAT Idioms Mistakes

Published: 25 January 2018
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In PrepScholar GMAT video "The 8 Most Common GMAT Idioms Mistakes", Erika John from PrepScholar GMAT goes over the idioms that test takers most frequently mix up in GMAT Sentence Correction idioms problems.

With so many idioms GMAT test writers love to use, idioms on the Sentence Correction section are already challenging. But what is even more difficult is when test writers intentionally use similar idioms in answer choices in the hopes of confusing test takers. These GMAT idioms are often used interchangeably in real life, and may even have near identical definitions. They're incredibly easy to confuse, which is what makes these GMAT Sentence Correction idioms so difficult.

While memorizing every single idiom out there is impossible, we're in luck: GMAT test writers tend to use the same few tricks over and over. If we memorize which idioms GMAT test writers like to mix up the most, we'll be prepared when a few of these GMAT idioms tricks show up on test day.

In this video, we walk through each of the 8 GMAT idioms mix-ups we've identified as being particularly common and particularly tricky. For each, we identify the differences between the mixed up idioms. We also look at an example or two of how these GMAT idioms should and should not be used.


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