【正文】 Ambiguous: I like cheese more than Yvette. {Yvette could be subject or object.} Right: I like cheese more than Yvette DOES. (=than Yvette likes cheese) Right: I like cheese more than IDO Yvette. (= than I like Yvette) 你需要助動詞澄清Yvette在第二句比較中的角色（是不是比較對象）。然而，在GMAT考試中偶爾會使用不必要的助動詞。 Right: Apples are more healthy to eat than caramels. Right: Apples are more healthy to eat than caramels ARE. 不要只因為第二個比較成分中有了不必要的助動詞而排出這一選項。 Comparative and Superlative Forms當(dāng)比較兩個事物的時候，用形容詞或副詞的比較級（Comparative Form）,當(dāng)比較多于兩個事物的時候，用形容詞或副詞最高級（Superlative Form）a. 不要把以ly結(jié)尾的副詞加er變成比較級，用加more的方法變比較級。 Wrong: Adrian runs QUICKLY. He runs QUICKER than Jacob. Right: Adrian runs QUICKLY. He runs MORE QUICKLY than Jacob. 然而，有些副詞不是ly結(jié)尾，可以加er變比較級可以。 Right: Adrian runs FAST. He runs FASTER than Jacob.除非句子里面有than，不要單獨使用形容詞比較級。 Wrong: With winter ing, I will have HIGHER energy bills. 在GMAT考試中，你必須用than明確比較的成分。比較級總是與than一起出現(xiàn)。 Wrong: I will have HIGHER bills OVER last year. Right: I will have HIGHER bills THAN last year.1. Juggling is a favorite pastime for me, as for you/ as it is for you2.Correction: those in the southern counties→that of owneroccupied homes in the southern counties. 或者：1. The owneroccupied homes in the northern counties are experiencing foreclosure at a 75% higher rate than those in southern counties（are） 3. Law students learn to think like a lawyer/ as a lawyer does.4. A leopard cannot run as fast as a cheetah原句為：A leopard cannot run as fast as a cheetah can(run)5. A leopard cannot catch a wildebeest as fast as a cheetah Correction: A leopard cannot catch a wildebeest as fast as a cheetah can (catch)6. The clothes looked more appealing inside the store than (they did) on outside the store.7 The clothes inside the store looked more appealing than those on the racks outside8. Thomas is more interested in video games than his girlfriend.這句話有歧義：是Thomas比他的女朋友更對video感興趣？還是相對于他女朋友來說，Thomas更對video感興趣Correction： 1. Thomas is more interested in video games than his girlfriend is 2. Thomas is more interested in video games than in his girlfriend. 這個句子錯誤的把experiences 和 her high school作對比,Correction: Courtney’s experiences at Haleford, a large research university with renowned professors, affluent students, and imposing buildings, were unlike her experiences in high school on reservation.Extra: Concision and Parallelism. None of the below Concision patterns expresses a rule but rather a preferenceWhenever you have a time period, quantity, or other measurement as the first word, keep the prepositional phrase with “ of “. Never modify a measurement using a “Nounadjective”. Also, you should generally avoid using a possessive to modify a measurement.GMAT中的reporting verbsAgree, claim, contend, declare, find, indicate, reveal, rule, show.1. 名詞可以分為兩大類：實體名詞和動作名詞，兩類名詞不能并列平行例如：Wrong: The bouquet of flowers was a giving of love（實體名詞和ing名詞的平行） verb也可以被用來當(dāng)做名詞，simple and plex 這兩類也不能平行a. simple gerund phrases例如：playing basketballb. plex例如：the wonderful playing of basketball。 basketball playing例如：Wrong: I enjoy playing basketball and the wine tasting. Right: I enjoy playing basketball and tasting wines3. 只有plex gerund phrases 可以和 action nouns（動作名詞）平行OG句子:1. The use of lie detectors is based on the assumption that lying produces emotional reactions in an individual that, in turn, create unconscious physiological responses. “that” 指代reactions. It helps that “that” can not refer to people.2. Despite the increasing number of women graduating from law school and passing bar examinations, the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen parably. 同樣，who 不能修飾物體，所以此處who 跟在firms后面，可以有效地避免歧義。此類打破touch rule的句子，萬不可因為沒有遵守這個規(guī)則而先入為主的排除掉！！練習(xí)：1. When Norma and her husband read an article about Florida’s adorable manatees, they promised each other that they would one day go there and see one. 問題：there 不能指代Florida，因為Florida’s 是一個所有格形式，可以修改為“go to Florida”Manatees是one的先行詞，one 可以指代單復(fù)數(shù)名詞3. Most European countriesincluding those of Bulgaria and Romaniahave joined the EU。 Norway and Switzerland, however, have refused to do it.問題：those of 沒有指代對象，累贅多余。 用to do so來指代join the EU這個動作4. The principal tried to calm the worried students’ parents, as a result of those students disappearing in the storm. 1.2.