1. Liken to is correct. Liken to be is wrong.

2. Intend to
3. Intent on
4. Soas to is correct idiom
5. Ground is followed by for.
6. Reason is followed by for.
7. As..as prefers present tense in the second part of sentence.
8. GMAT prefers to over for.
9. Avoid sentences where them, it etc. pronouns are ambiguous.
10. A sentence that has by in the starts needs to have the subject right after comma.
11. Because is preferred over since
12. To include is wrong. Use including or that includes.
13. Preposition + Noun+ Present/past participle is always wrong.
Example: For society including the kids.
With child care included in the
14. Avoid passive sentences as much as possible.
15. So..as to be is correct idiom.
16. So too are is also correct idiom.
17. Does not merely summarize (First form always).
18. When using not only.but also both the parts of the sentences should be perfectly
parallel. Both either active or passive.
19. Little for uncountable nouns. Few for countable nouns.
20. When showing a sequence of events, use past perfect tense.
21. Credit goes with with.
22. Just like is not correct for comparing clauses. Correct for comparing nouns.
23. Lower than for countable nouns. Less than for uncountable nouns.
24. To show the result of action in the first part of sentence, use verb + ing in the
second part.
25. Turn out refers to past tense.
26. Moving in frequently enough gives so that idiom effect.
27. No happier than is idiomatic. Not any happier is unidiomatic.
28. The clause after semicolon should be a complete and totally independent sentence.
29. Period is preceded by in or within.
30. In danger of is idiomatic.
31. More than needs a noun right after it.
32. When comparing two verbs, More than is preferred over instead of.
33. Words like before, after, until, when are usually not followed by future tense.
34. Motion to.rather than is fixed idiom.
35. Just as X.. so Y is correct idiom
a. Just as + Sub + Verb.. so + Sub+ verb
b. Just as + V so + verb
36. Regard is supported by preposition, Consider is not.
a. He is considered as a great employee is wrong.
b. He is regarded as a great employee is correct.
37. Considered to be may be correct, considered as is never.
38. Pay is always for a job, not in a job.
39. Like is used for comparing subjects, not clauses.
40. Which in GMAT refers to immediately preceding noun, not for a phrase.
41. Compared with stresses differences. Compared to stresses similarities.
42. Idiom: Mandate the budget be good.
43. If the sentence structure is like have reduced X, Y Z and have increased W, this is
wrong. The third term i.e. Z should be connected with an and
a. Have reduced X, Y and Z while increasing W. This is the only correct way.
44. Allergy is followed by to, not of.
45. Because is preferred over since.
46. Crucial is always followed by in.
47. Dated is always followed by at
48. For countable nouns, greater than is preferred over more than.
49. X forbids Y to do Z.
50. X prohibits Y from doing Z.
51. When expressing a desire, it is hoped is better than hopefully.
52. Parallelism:
a. To A, to B and to C is correct.
b. To A, B and to C is not correct.
c. To A, B and C is correct.
d. To A, B as well as C is not correct.
e. To A and B as well as C is correct.
53. When connecting three or more things with and as well as, the second last noun
is preceded by and and last noun by as well as.
54. Like is used to compare nouns. As is used to compare clauses.
55. Due to modifies verb. Because modifies noun.
56. If is used to express condition. Whether is used to express alternatives.
57. Whatever is used when indefinite.
58. Conceived of is followed by as, not to be.
59. Aid to heal, not aid in healing.
60. Idioms.
a. Think of X as Y is correct.
b. Think of X to be Y is incorrect.
c. Think of X being Y is incorrect.