GMAT Verbal : Sentence Correction
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Example Question #26 : Recognizing Sentences That Contain No Errors
With each passing year, the memories of her grew less and less emotional.
With each passing year, the memories of her grew lesser emotional.
With each passing year the memories of her grew less and less emotional.
With each passing year, the memories of her grew less and less emotional.
With each passing year, the memories of her grew less and less emotion.
With each passing year, the memories of herself grew less and less emotional.
With each passing year, the memories of her grew less and less emotional.
The sentence is absolutely correct as written, with appropriate comma, pronoun, and word usage. All answer choices that do change some element of the sentence actually make the sentence grammatically incorrect.
Example Question #1601 : Sentence Correction
Journalists had complained about the group's stonewalling over the issue for years.
Journalists had complained about the group is stonewalling over the issue for years.
Journalists had complained about the group's stonewalling over the issue for years.
Journalists had complained about the group's stonewalled over the issue for years.
Journalists having complained about the group's stonewalling over the issue for years.
Journalist's had complained about the group's stonewalling over the issue for years.
Journalists had complained about the group's stonewalling over the issue for years.
The sentence is absolutely correct as written, with no issues in it whatsoever. Additionally, all the other answer choices make the sentence grammatically incorrect in one way or another. The correct answer choice is to leave the sentence as it is.
Example Question #33 : Recognizing Sentences That Contain No Errors
For the married people, the organization held separate meetings from the main group's gatherings.
For the married people, the organization held separate meetings from the main group's gathering's.
For the married people, the organization held separate meetings from the main groups gatherings.
For the married people the organization held separate meetings from the main group's gatherings.
For the married people, the organization held separate meetings from the main group's gatherings.
For the married people, the organization held separate meetings for the main group's gatherings.
For the married people, the organization held separate meetings from the main group's gatherings.
The sentence is perfectly correct as it is written in the question. Additionally, every single change made in the answer choices makes the sentence grammatically incorrect in some way. The best choice is to leave the sentence as is.
Example Question #34 : Recognizing Sentences That Contain No Errors
Such large deficits are rarely made up by a team at this point in the season.
Such large deficits are rarely made up by a team, at this point in the season.
Such large deficits are rarely made up by a team at this point in the season.
Such large deficits being rarely made up by a team at this point in the season.
Such large deficits are rarely made up by a team at this point in a season.
Such large deficits is rarely made up by a team at this point in the season.
Such large deficits are rarely made up by a team at this point in the season.
The sentence is perfectly correct as written, and needs no improvements made to it. Additionally, the other answer choices that do change some aspect of the sentence make it grammatically incorrect.
Example Question #35 : Recognizing Sentences That Contain No Errors
Professional journalists have to be extremely conscious of professional ethics at all times in their work.
Professional journalists have to be extremely conscious of professional ethics at all times in their work.
Professional journalists having to be extremely conscious of professional ethics at all times in their work.
Professional journalists have to be extremely conscious for professional ethics at all times in their work.
Professional journalists have being extremely conscious of professional ethics at all times in their work.
Professional journalists have to be extremely conscious of professional ethics at all times, in their work.
Professional journalists have to be extremely conscious of professional ethics at all times in their work.
The sentence is perfectly correct as written and needs no changes to make it more grammatically correct. Additionally, all of the other answer choices make the sentence problematic grammatically. The best answer choice is to leave the sentence as it is written.
Example Question #41 : Recognizing Sentences That Contain No Errors
Unlike all of his siblings, the young boy had an artistic bent that his parents looked down upon.
Unlike all of his siblings, the young boy had an artistic bent that his parents looked down upon.
Unlike all of his siblings, the young boy had an artistic bent and his parents looked down upon.
Unlike all of his siblings, the young boy had an artistic bent that his parents looking down upon.
Unlike all of his siblings, the young boy having an artistic bent that his parents looked down upon.
Unlike all of his siblings the young boy had an artistic bent that his parents looked down upon.
Unlike all of his siblings, the young boy had an artistic bent that his parents looked down upon.
The sentence is perfectly correct as written, and needs nothing done to improve it. Additionally, all of the other answer choices that do make a change also make the sentence grammatically incorrect. The correct answer choice is to leave the sentence as it is written.
Example Question #42 : Recognizing Sentences That Contain No Errors
Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.
As for myself, I never trust what the newspaper says the day after news breaks.
From myself,
For my own self,
As for me,
From me,
As for myself,
As for myself,
The sentence is perfectly correct as written and needs no changes. The use of the reflexive pronoun does happen before the use of the simple pronoun, but because it is in an introductory phrase, the subject of the sentence is the simple pronoun, and can be referred to by "myself."
Example Question #1602 : Sentence Correction
Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.
The few people who did show up for the concert in the middle of the blizzard were not surprised to find that it had been canceled.
The few people who did show up for the concert in the middle of the blizzard were not surprised to find that it will have been canceled.
The few people who did show up for the concert in the middle of the blizzard were not surprised to find that it had been canceled.
The few people who did show up for the concert in the middle of the blizzard were not surprised to find which it had been canceled.
The fewest people who did show up for the concert in the middle of the blizzard were not surprised to find that it had been canceled.
The fewer people who did show up for the concert in the middle of the blizzard were not surprised to find that it had been canceled.
The few people who did show up for the concert in the middle of the blizzard were not surprised to find that it had been canceled.
The sentence is perfectly correct as written, and needs no improvements made to it. Additionally, all the answer choices that do make a change make the sentence grammatically incorrect. The correct answer choice is to leave the sentence as is.
Example Question #44 : Recognizing Sentences That Contain No Errors
Select the best answer from the choices given.
The reason the soccer match was cancelled was not so much the incoming storm but the lack of competitors.
but the lack of competitors
than the lack of competitors
as it was lacking competitors
but rather the lack of competitors
than because of the lack of competitors
but the lack of competitors
The original sentence is the most concise and effective.
Example Question #45 : Recognizing Sentences That Contain No Errors
Replace the underlined portion with the answer choice that results in a sentence that is clear, precise, and meets the requirements of standard written English.
For his entire life, he never liked asparagus, artichokes, or spinach.
For his entire life, he never liked asparagus, artichokes, and also spinach.
For his entire life, he never liked asparagus artichokes, and spinach.
For his entire life, he never liked asparagus, artichokes, or spinach.
For his entire life, he never liked asparagus artichokes and spinach.
For his entire life he never liked asparagus, artichokes, or spinach.
For his entire life, he never liked asparagus, artichokes, or spinach.
The sentence is perfectly correct as written; no changes need to be made to it. Every answer choice that does make a change actually introduces an error. The best choice is to leave the sentence as is.
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