Does GMAT verbal tests expect their style of English rather than any grammatically correct form of English.?
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There are a few points in the Sentence Correction questions that are questionable. For example they tend to American usage with regard to whether collective nouns are singular or plural (pick singular)--however, they do seem to be compromising and will usually have another clue in the non-underlined portion, or another error in the underlined portion, so that is unlikely to be the only point tested at one time. "Their" used as a neutral singular is definitely wrong (e.g. Everyone took their seats.) "Different" belongs with "from" and not, as in British usage, with "to" (also not with "than"). "If I would" is wrong, although it is gaining popularity in the real world.\n\nIf you mean the essays, chances are minor errors like these and certainly British spellings will not be marked wrong.
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Try using English, maybe? Your chances will improve.
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Grammar is like the wind, the rules change with time. One English teacher will say incorrect, another would say correct. That how come is, I don't know.
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It drives me nuts.  The use of proper grammar shows intellect, thoughtfulness and the clear-headed ability to communicate effectively.  It also shows that someone is not lazy with the language.  When I am reading profiles of women on online dating sites, their ability to use proper grammar, punctuation, etc. is my first selection point.\n\nI only condone improper grammar from Ali G., who is a very bright, Cambridge-educated guy who pretends to speak like a buffoon - and is hysterically funny!
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Hopefully with better grammar than that!
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For language ability you need to satisfy the american university by either TOEFL or IELTS and for eligibity for any degree course you have to prove your competence by supplying by either GMAT or SAT scores which are examinations held internationally to assess the competence of the candidate applying for admission in american universities.
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Your TOEFL score is above average but GMAT score is slightly below average. You can get assistace in some medium grade university. Secondly, what is your academic background, if it is sound then there are chances that you would get the assistance ship. Now there are two situations\n1   Go for some medium rank institution search at web.\n2   Improve your GMAT score
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You are right !\n\nI use it , but the spell checker can't find everything, so I think your example wouldn't fail the test.\nWell, my English is really bad, I know this, and so it bothers me , if somebody uses letters instead of words. For example : How R U ?
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First of all your chances of passing a TOEFL test would be higher IF you can handle grammar , If you have a good understanding of English when you read and If your ears are suitable to understand the damn conversations they will play , Learning british or American english wont affect much if you use common sense sometimes as the rules change slightly.Try to read both american and British english so you become acquainted with both eventhou you will use only one.If the fact of learning british really makes you a bit concerned then Id recommend asking your teacher for more tips, Good luck!\nEDIT: Try to practice your listening skills the most you can as well and try to learn some Idiomatic Expressions that helps a whole bunch to increase your understanding when you read.\n\n\nTOEFL means Test Of English as a Foreign Language
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maybe they dont practice it.. thats the key practice speaking in english and eventually you will become fluent
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Yes, that is correct... however it's spelled 'grammar'.. not 'grammer' :)
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NO! It shouldn't.\n\nPerhaps there can be 'internetspeak dictionaries' that contain all the terms, but we don't want to reduce the language, not reduce it. That makes everything so much harder. It's not real, it's just stupid and pointless. It's unprofessional. English is a perfect, developed and perfected. We don't need to screw it up.\n\nAnd it's not the norm. Not everyone writes like that. There are many literate people. It's only the norm for lazy people, and it'll lead them into incompetence.\n\nYou're a prime example. You don't know much about /grammar/ because you speak like that. You've abandoned spelling. Grammar is spelled with an a, friend.\n\nEver read 1984? Let's veer away from a world like that and your modern day version of 'newspeak'.
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I call IELTS, British TOEFL.  It is a standardized test of English.  In the listening section, speakers are British.  You should know word differences between the countries such as sidewalk, flashlight, lift, etc.\nThe Academic writing tasks require a argree/disagree persuasive writing and describing a (in most cases) graph or process diagram.\nTry a Kaplan centre.  You can probably get some free information from them.
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I found that my actual GMAT test was a bit harder than any of the practice exams I took.  I did Kaplan classes and a number of published study guides.  Though the test was a bit harder, the guides were a big help.
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I am what you call a 'grammar type' person. I'm an English teacher in Argentina, so I tend to have a radar for mistakes. Anyway, I totally agree with you that the important thing is not the grammar but the message. If the message is clear, I will probably notice your mistakes (I cannot help that), but I will not bother to correct them, unless you were a student of mine :-), and we were in class.\n\nI think it works like this. Suppose you have to go from point A to point B, where you and I would meet. One way is the shortest between points A and B, and that's the one you'd ideally take. Now, suppose you took a different, much longer, and even dangerous way, but even so, you got to point B safe and sound. What should I do? Ask you to go back to A and come again taking the shortest way? No! If you are here, stay here. I'm glad you came.\n\nThe problem is if you take a third road that I know for a fact is not going to take you to point B. In that case, I'll advise you strongly against taking that road, not because it's the "wrong" road, but because it won't help you get to your destination. This compares to people whose grammar and spelling are so "bad" that it becomes nearly impossible to understand them. Only in that case, should they do something about it.\n\nBesides, I think there are two types of people as you put it, but not only as regards language. There are people who have a musical ear, and others don't, and cannot sing a song properly. Or there are people who enjoy reading, or can appreciate paintings, or can "see" something in a sculpture, and others who cannot. Well, while some people have a special ability for that, others have a special ability for grammar and spelling.
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I imagine you have to be certified by the AAMT, just like anyone else.  I have myself edited the transcription of many and Indian transcriptionist and I have to tell you, it will be very very difficult for you to pass the test unless you really start to think in American English.