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Which Study Material is better for English Usage? - 21-06-2005, 02:29 PM

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I am thinking of starting preparation for English Usage and I am in a big dilemma over which institute's study material to study(exclusively for EU)...should I go for CL or IMS or TIME or PT...

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21-06-2005, 03:19 PM

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Hi all

I am thinking of starting preparation for English Usage and I am in a big dilemma over which institute's study material to study(exclusively for EU)...should I go for CL or IMS or TIME or PT...

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Pal did u really need a separate thread for this

TIME and IMS have a good set of books with some good length practice exercises.....

CF has few booklets on Correct Grammatical Usage.... I found it very useful the explanations provided to exercises clears a lot of grammar concepts (if u dont have enuf time to go through Wren n Martin)

EU needs a lot of practice and a good repository is the old mocks from various institutes try n get hold of some and u will have enuf for practice......

There is Students Reference Book by Websters ------ topics on grammatical usage list of idioms etc


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21-06-2005, 03:43 PM

Thanx Dude

yaar actually i looked on various threads for the above info...but they were comparing the study material as a whole...n not section wise....n I desperately needed the info for EU...But next time I will take care..

will go for IMS n some previous mocks for preparation for EU..

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Thumbs up which is better cl/ims? - 21-06-2005, 03:53 PM

hi,simple,you asked for eu material .i have both the materials cl and ims .look if you compare cl and ims english material then ims's is quit tougher .so if your english is strong you should start with ims or if you r new then u should start with cl and end with ims.if you have any further quries pls mail me or just ask.best of luck .
   
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Wrong place friends!! - 21-06-2005, 06:08 PM

Hi people,

As Govi already mentioned, we really didn't need a new thread on this query. Anyway, I just wanted to point to the mods that this thread must not be in Quant section.

Mods, plz move this thread to Exam Resources. Makes life easier for fellow pagals.

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21-06-2005, 07:08 PM

EU........ muaahhhhhhhhh ...... ask me ...... how i hv slooged it out 2 get a command on it ....... 1st of all lettme tackle RC ..... CL n TIME material are pathetic ........ most of d answers in CL r wrong ....... the passages r factual ...... n the CL material has not been revamped since 1947 ....... TIME ...... least said d better ........ IMS ka material is amazing cuz Mrs. Manju Bhandari has really put in sum effort 2 develop it ....... RC r as close as u will get in actual CAT ....... get hold of GMAT official guide book and get d RC thing photostated ...... they r amazing ...... the passages r as long as u get in cAT ..... there r abt 20 of them .......... most of d q's r inferrential .......... n r of gr88 help ......... but og is for 1000 buks ..........

partajumbles ....... nvr apply brains ........ nvr put more trhan 40 secs or else u will get it wrong ..... nvr read everything ........ look for nouns conjuctions ..... that which etc etc ........ in short look for LOLLIPOPS ............


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21-06-2005, 07:43 PM

Hey Zero

Thanx for the info...

ur post really elaborates fully on the RC section ....but is not very clear about verbal usage n other parts...means for fundas n practice on sentence correction, fill in blanks etc. which material shd I go for...

Going by ur expert comments on RC, it seems that you must have slogged it hard in other parts also

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ur post really elaborates fully on the RC section ....but is not very clear about verbal usage n other parts...means for fundas n practice on sentence correction, fill in blanks etc. which material shd I go for...
SC ..... well ..... get hold of Barrons GMAt ..... it has um fundas in it which r of 10 pages ...... read them ....... do the exercises ..... it will chek u on d basics ........ get hold of IMS ka brm .... if u get the old one ....... abt 5 yr old ..... d bttr cuz it is more elaborate ....... filling d blanks is all spontaneous ....... practice .... dats it ...... but kep 2 EU is ..... parajumbles n RC ......... if u get 16+ in these 2 parts ..... man ur day is made


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Thanx Zero..

Looks like my problem is solved...

n Thanx for ur advice...will certainly pay heed to it...

Best Of Luck n to me too

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