I took an expensive prep course and still fell short of needing better material to prepare for the GMAT. My tutor recommended this to me and it is bar none the holy grail for conquering sentence correction on the GMAT.

It is good book to build basics, but does not have practice questions. You can read this book in one day. For the money, it is nothing compare to the Official Guide.

Really good book. all the concepts clearly explained. I think its better to read this book once you have covered at least one other book like princeton, kaplan etc. (the gmat guides).

Simply, it is the best GMAT Sentence Correction among those of the Princeton Review, Kaplan, Arco, Nova, and Veritas Prep. Just buy this SC and the GMAT official guide, then you are set.

This is the greatest book explaining all underlying rules for GMAT Sentence Correction among the books I used to prepare for GMAT. It provides very in-depth but easy-to-understand explanations for almost all aspects of English tested on GMAT.
The only reason why I was slightly disappointed with this product was examples and problem sets. It looks like they were not proof-read and thus they are inconsistent with the grammar rules described in the corresponding chapter.
So my advice would be - buy this book, use it as your primary grammar guide, but don't be too much concerned with the problem sets and explanations on the correct answers.

I've purchased similar guides from Kaplan and Princeton but Manhattan GMAT is simply the best. With this book my SC has improved tremendously. Their strategies are simple and easy to apply. It works. Highly recommend it.

This is the best book for sentence correction, specially if English is your second language. Provides a great overview of important concepts, a grammar exercise on each topic and then points to a bunch of relevant questions in the Official Guide and GMAT Verbal review.

If you don't want to be at a serious competitive disadvantage or if you are not already god at SC, my advice is that buy this book as early as you can in your GMAT preparation period.

The book is very straight forward and provides a lot of good techniques to take the GMAT. It's a good buy.

This book is great for folks who are very serious about getting a good handle on the GMAT sentence correction questions. English grammer is a huge subject and this book does well in narrowing the focus on the type of questions asked in GMAT.

As observed from the GMATClub blogs, test takers who have scored 700+ have highly recommended this item. However, this book doesn't offer any practice questions on its own and directs you to the practice questions in OG 11 and official guide for GMAT verbat review.

Great book to have for a quick review before the GMAT exam. Great examples and homework assignments at the end of each chapter.

Finding it extremely helpful for my GMAT prep. Stresses on the grammar basics with good examples. The downside is you have to buy the GMAT official or Verbal book for exercises, manhattan standalone does not have many exercises for you to practise.

I am certain it will increase your verbal score, and I just can't handle any more competition for b-school!!!

Please buy the Kaplan book instead!

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If you are weak in grammer, this is must to have. This clears lots of doubts. being from non english background this helped a lot.

What a didactic little tome! The concept of "self-study" should necessarily entail the use of materials that demystify a given topic; this book unfortunately achieves the opposite effect through a strange vacillation between overly pedantic musings and incomplete explanations. A more conversational, accessible writing style would be of greater benefit to the dilettante grammarian. If you've hated reading my review thus far, for instance, you would dislike this book immensely. If you're looking for erudite treatment of a topic that should be presented simply, buy this book or the GMAT Official Guide. If you want a more functional analysis of sentence corrections, I recommend you look elsewhere.

The book beautifully explains most of the grammatical concepts tested in GMAT. The concepts coupled with sentence correction strategy from Princeton review is a deadly combination to tackle SC.

I have used a ton of GMAT prep books and in general, aside from the official guides produced by the makers of the GMAT, most of the other study guides are just plain horrible. On the other hand, this book is top notch. It breaks down all of the major areas on sentence correction in an easy to read format and cross references problems in the official guide to hone your skills.

Sentence correct was my greatest weakness on the GMAT. In 2001 I took the GMAT and scored a 65% percentile on the verbal portion and this past January I scored in the 89% percentile. My only regret is that I did not get this book soon enough. I purchased this book two weeks before the test. Two weeks was enough time for me to cover everything in the book (and I am in law school with a horrid class load) but I wish I had it a few weeks earlier to practice more.

Another plus to the book is there is a link and code that gives you access to some online materials that will give you additional practice.

I do recommend you get the Official Guides to supplement this book. Every chapter has problems but the chapters also refer to real problems in the Official Guides which is a blessing to address weak points and to improve your skills.

On a negative note the price was a bit high at $30 but it was money well spent and I would pay that much again if I needed to. The price did not effect my rating - it helped my score and in the end that is what matters.

Covers almost every type of grammatical mistake in sentences.

However , given that the GMAT throws complex questions (involving more than two error types) once you are in the 700+ range , More (and tough)Practice Questions are needed.
THE 6 ONLINE CATs are somewhat difficult.

I found the Manhattan GMAT prep series overall to be extremely helpful in my studies (I have all of the books except for Reading Comp and Critical Reasoning). Sentence correction has definitely been a weak point for me and I feel like this book really helped me along. The book is well organized with breakdowns of critical concepts and mini-quizzes at the end of each chapter. I found that the book gave plenty of examples when presenting more challenging material, making it a lot easier to pick up on difficult concepts. This book also provides a breakdown of questions from the Official GMAT books for each topic, which is helpful for targeting areas that need improvement. My only complaint is that I would have liked for the questions in the book to have been a little bit more challenging.

Used in conjunction with the Official GMAT books, the Manhattan GMAT prep books can be an extremely useful tool in preparing for the GMAT. I highly recommend them for anyone getting ready to take the test.