1、Chapter 2 Grammar, Meaning, Concision1. GrammarSubject-verb agreement; Parallelism; Pronouns; Modifiers; Verb tense; Voice, and mood; Comparison; Idioms.2. Meaning: Choose Words, Place Words, Match Words2.1 Choose Your Wordsa) “Cousin” Words and expressions: They have distinct meanings.b) Helping Ve
2、rbs“may, will, must, should, and etc.”These words each express various levels of certainty, obligation, and reality.2.2 Place Your WordsLook out especially for short words that quantify nouns or otherwise restrict meaning.Active Construction Passive Construction2.3 Match Your WordsApply the meaning
3、issue and test the meaning of any potential connection. Connected words must always make sense together. (Subject & Verb, Pronouns & Antecedents)3. ConcisionUse the word rather than the phrase.Avoid redundancy.Economic (monetary) V.S economical (efficient, thrifty)A native of (person from.) V.S nati
4、ve to (species that originate in)Rate of (speed or frequency of) V.S rates for (prices for)Pay attention to expression of time. It is easy to sneak two synonymous and redundant time expressions into an answer choice. (especially if one expression is in the non-underlined part, or if the two expressions do not look like each other.)Past Previous Formerly In the past Before nowPresent Now Currently Presently At presentYearly Annual Each year A year
