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GMAT Essay English USAGE:

Faulty Predication.

Faulty predication is when a subject and a predicate are connected to each other illogically. A sentence with faulty predication tries to match a subject with an inconsistent predicate or a verb that describes an activity that the subject of the sentence cannot carry.

Did you read the first two sentences without a pause or a break in your reading? If you did, you are one more unsuspecting victim of the silent killer called Faulty Predication.

Have a look at the sentences once again:

Faulty predication is when a subject and a predicate are connected to each other illogically.

(Faulty predication is not time)

Corrected: Faulty predication occurs when a subject and a predicate are connected to each other illogically.

A sentence with faulty predication tries to match a subject with an inconsistent predicate or a verb that describes an activity that the subject of the sentence cannot carry. (A sentence cannot “try”)

Corrected: The writer of a sentence with faulty predication tries to match a subject with an inconsistent predicate or a verb that describes an activity that the subject of the sentence cannot carry.

Corrected: In a sentence with faulty predication, a subject is matched with an inconsistent predicate or a verb that describes an activity that the subject of the sentence cannot carry.

In short, a faulty predication occurs when the subject and the predicate of a sentence do not make sense together. Faulty predication often goes unnoticed as the problem is not with the grammar but with the logic (see the second sentence). The good part is that expertise gained for solving faulty predication extends over to other areas of sentence correction techniques and resolves many doubts.

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Here are some more demonstrations of faulty predication:

The company believes that the annual meeting of stockholders is a good opportunity for the stockholders to meet the board of directors. (This sentence implies that the company believes, but a company can do no such thing - only people can believe.)

Corrected: The chairman of the company believes that the annual meeting of stockholders is a good opportunity for the stockholders to meet the board of directors.

The result of the recent elections gave a clean majority to the left party. (Result cannot give)

Corrected: The result of the recent election was a clean majority to the left party.

Pay close attention to faulty predication involving ‘is where,’ ‘is when,’ and ‘the reason is because.’

The greatest change in my life was when I moved away from the family. (change cannot be time).

Corrected: The greatest change in my life occurred when I moved away from the family.

A vacation is where people get away from their busy lifestyle. (vacation is not a place).

Corrected: While on a vacation, people get away from their busy lifestyle.

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The reason Verbal Kitten is gaining weight is because she eats lots of chocolates.

(The reason is because suffers from redundancy. The reason and is because essentially mean the same thing—both phrases describe the cause. The reason is because is also incorrect because the subject “reason” is a noun, and the verb “is” requires another noun or an adjective in order to complete the predicate)

Corrected: The reason Verbal Kitten is gaining weight is that she eats lots of chocolates.

Corrected: Verbal Kitten is gaining weight because she eats lots of chocolates.