Sentence Correction Mixed Practice - IV
Practice exercises for GMAT-style sentence correction covering prepositions, transitions, comparisons, modifiers, and redundancy elimination.
Questions
Because of the analyst’s uneasiness about the Finance Minister’s position in regard to the issue of the fiscal discipline, an unexpected rise in interest rates has occurred.
- in regard to the issue of the fiscal discipline, an unexpected rise in interest rates has
- on the fiscal discipline, an unexpected rise in interest rates has
- regarding the fiscal discipline, an unexpected rise in interest rates have
- on the fiscal discipline, an unexpected rise in interest rates have
- regarding the discipline, an unexpected rise in interest rates have
Michael smoked more than fifty cigarettes a day and died of nicotine poisoning; furthermore, nicotine did not seem to bother Captain Cook, the great explorer and cartographer, who was reported to have smoked twenty-five cigarettes at one sitting.
- furthermore, nicotine did not seem to bother
- however, nicotine did not seem to bother
- however, nicotine did not seem to have bothered
- furthermore, nicotine did not seem to have bothered
- in addition, nicotine did not seem to bother
A client accusing a service provider of deficiency will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of some other service provider to testify about the proper procedures.
- if there is a lack of some other service provider to testify
- unless there will be another service provider to testify
- without another service provider’s testimony
- should there be no testimony from some other service provider
- lacking another service provider to testify
At the beginning of the year, the company allocated Rs. 100 million to cover the increase in salaries that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations with the various employee unions.
- increase in salaries that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations
- increased salaries it expected to approve from negotiations
- increasing salaries expected to be approved as a result of negotiating
- negotiated increases in salaries it expected to approve
- increases expected to be approved in salaries from negotiating
Because metal of all kinds is the biggest single component of industrial waste, many companies have tried recycling to reduce the cost of waste disposal.
- Because metal of all kinds is the biggest single component of industrial waste, many companies have tried recycling to reduce the cost of waste disposal.
- Because metal of all kinds is the biggest single component in industrial waste, many companies tried to recycle so that the cost of waste disposal is reduced.
- Because metal of all kinds are the biggest single components in industrial waste, many companies have tried to recycle to reduce the cost of waste disposal.
- All kinds of metal are the biggest single components of industrial waste, and so many companies have tried recycling to reduce the cost of waste disposal.
- All kinds of metal is the biggest single component of industrial waste, so many companies have tried to recycle so that the cost of waste disposal could be reduced.
Because the statistical review covered only the last few years, and therefore the reviewers were unable to determine the extent to possible earlier violations.
- and therefore the reviewers were unable to determine the extent to possible
- so therefore the reviewers were not capable of determining the possible extent of
- therefore the reviewers were unable to determine the possible extent of
- the reviewers were not capable of determining the possible extent of
- the reviewers were unable to determine the extent of possible
Because the competitor’s new method is the fastest and it is therefore the most efficient system, it is being increasingly viewed by the production team as a threat to market share.
- and it is therefore the most efficient system, it is being increasingly viewed
- it is therefore the most efficient of systems, and it has increased the view
- and therefore the most efficient system, it is being increasingly viewed
- and therefore it is the most efficient of systems, there is an increasing view
- therefore being the most efficient of systems, it is increasingly viewed
Ryanggang is North Korea's poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $78, lower than in the most impoverished countries of the world.
- lower than in
- lower than that of
- and lower than that of
- which is lower than in
Because the planet’s core is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater on the Mars than it does on the Earth.
- of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater on the Mars than it does on the Earth
- of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs on the Mars instead of the Earth
- will typically devastate 100 times the area on the Mars than one of the comparable magnitude occurring on the Earth
- on the Mars will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring on the Earth
- that occurs on the Mars will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude on the Earth
Although Ms. Patkar had previously emphasized that she could not speak for other underprivileged people, she ventured to do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many underprivileged people, likely most, would agree with her.
- do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many underprivileged people, likely most, would agree
- speak on this one occasion since she firmly believed that many underprivileged people, likely most, would have agreed
- so speak on this one occasion due to her firmly believing that many underprivileged people, even most, would likely agree
- do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many underprivileged people, if not most, would agree
- do so on this one occasion since she firmly believed many underprivileged people, and even most, would likely agree