1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 120 rather than confinement in (E) to allow members of the jury to go home at the end of each day rather than be confined to 460.It could be argued that the most significant virtue of a popular democracy is not the right to 10 participate in the selection of leaders, but rather that it affirms our importance in the scheme of things. (A) but rather that it affirms (B) but rather its affirmation of (C) but rather it’s affirmation in terms of (D) but instead of that, its affirming that (E) affirming rather 461.Judge Forer recognizes that the American judicial system provides more safeguards for accused persons than does the legal system of any other country , but she believes there is a great disparity between the systems of justice accorded rich and poor. (A) for accused persons than does the legal system of any other country (B) to accused persons as the legal system of any country (C) for accused persons as the legal system of any country (D) to accused persons as the legal system of any other country (E) for accused persons than the legal system of any country 462.Judge Lois Forer’s study asks why do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among rich and poor. (A) do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among (B) some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed between (C) do some litigants have a preferred status over another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among (D) some litigants have a preferred status to another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact not equally distributed between (E) does one litigant have a preferred status over the other in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact they are not equally distributed among 463.Judicial rules in many states require that the identities of all prosecution witnesses 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 121 are made known to defendants so they can attempt to rebut the testimony, but the Constitution explicitly requires only that the defendant have the opportunity to confront an accuser in court. (A) that the identities of all prosecution witnesses are made known to defendants so they can attempt to rebut (B) that the identities of all prosecution witnesses be made known to defendants so that they can attempt to rebut (C) that the defendants should know the identities of all prosecution witnesses so they can attempt a rebuttal of (D) the identities of all prosecution witnesses should be made known to defendants so they can attempt rebutting (E) making known to defendants the identities of all prosecution witnesses so that they can attempt to rebut 464.Just as a writer trying to understand shtetl life might read Shalom Aleichem or Isaac Bashevis Singer, in the same way writers trying to understand Black life in the American South might well listen to records by the Mississippi Delta bluesman Charlie Patton. (A) in the same way writers trying to understand Black life in the American South might well listen to records (B) in the same way writers who try and understand Black life in the American South might well listen to record (C) so a writer trying to understand black life in the American South might well listen to records (D) so do writers try and understand Black life in the American South and might well listen to a record (E) then writers trying to understand Black life in the American South could well listen to records 465.Just as plant species native to regions with browsing mammals evolved many natural anti-browser defenses (such as sharp spines and toxic chemicals), so humans in malarial regions have evolved dozens of chemical defenses against malaria. (A) so humans in malarial regions have evolved dozens of chemical defenses against malaria (B) humans in malarial regions have been evolving dozens of chemical defenses against malaria (C) there has been, in malarial regions, an evolution of dozens of human chemical defenses against malaria (D) dozens of chemical defenses against malaria have been evolved by humans in malarial regions (E) similarly, in malarial regions, humans have evolved dozens of chemical 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 122 defenses against malaria 466.Just as reading Samuel Pepys’s diary gives a student a sense of the seventeenth century—of its texture and psyche—so Jane Freed’s guileless child narrator takes the operagoer inside turn-of-the-century Vienna. (A) so Jane Freed’s guileless child narrator takes the operagoer (B) so listening to Jane Freed’s guileless child narrator takes the operagoer (C) so the guileless child narrator of Jane Freed takes the operagoer (D) listening to Jane Freed’s guileless child narrator takes the operagoer (E) Jane Freed’s guileless child narrator takes the operagoer to her opera 467.Just as the European countries of the early eighteenth century sought to exploit the resources of our continent, so too are we now attempting to extract energy and minerals from the ocean bed. (A) Just as the European countries of the early eighteenth century sought to exploit the resources of our continent, so too (B) The European countries of the early eighteenth century sought to exploit the resources of our continent, and in a similar way (C) Like the case of the European countries of the early eighteenth century who sought to exploit the resources of our continent, so too (D) As in the exploitation of the resources of our continent by European countries of the early eighteenth century (E) Similar to the European countries which sought in the early eighteenth century to exploit the resources of our continent 468.Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he also won the loyalty of its citizens: the invading Danes were well aware of this weakness and used it to their advantage in 893. (A) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he (B) The fact that King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886 did not mean that he had (C) Just because King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he (D) The fact that King Alfred occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean that he (E) Just because King Alfred had occupied and fortified London in 886, it did not mean he 469.Kansas Republican Nancy Kassebaum, one of only two women in the U.S. Senate in 1992, said she did not so much wish for more women senators but more moderate Republican ones. (A) did not so much wish for more women senators but more moderate 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 123 Republican ones (B) wished not so much for more senators who were women than moderate Republicans (C) did not wish so much for more women senators as for more moderate Republicans (D) did not wish for more women senators so much as moderate Republicans (E) wished for more senators who are moderate Republicans than women 470.Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that used by unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters. (A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate that (B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when (C) equipment, such as lights, that is visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate it when (D) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate that (E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when 471.Last spring a Colorado health department survey of 72 playgrounds in private child-care centers found unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them and they ranged from splinters to equipment near collapse. (A) unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them and they ranged (B) conditions in 95 percent were unsafe and ranging (C) the ranging of unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them to be (D) that 95 percent had unsafe conditions ranging (E) that 95 percent of them had conditions that were unsafe; the range was 472.Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did outside the pinelands. (A) so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did (B) so fast, and in some parts even faster than, those (C) as fast, and in some parts even faster than, those (D) as fast as, and in some parts even faster than, those (E) as fast as, and in some parts even faster than what they did 473.Lawmakers are examining measures that would require banks to disclose all fees and account requirements in writing, provide free cashing of government checks, 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 124 and to create basic savings accounts to carry minimal fees and require minimal initial deposits. (A) provide free cashing of government checks, and to create basic savings accounts to carry (B) provide free cashing of government checks, and creating basic savings accounts carrying (C) to provide free cashing of government checks, and creating basic savings accounts that carry (D) to provide free cashing of government checks, creating basic savings accounts to carry (E) to provide free cashing of government checks, and to create basic savings accounts that carry 474.Legend has it that when the Mohawk Joseph Brant was presented to George III in 1776, he proudly refused to kiss the King’s hand, inasmuch as he regarded himself an ally, not a subject. (A) as he regarded himself an ally, not (B) that he regarded himself to be an ally rather than (C) as he considered himself an ally, not (D) that he considered himself to be ally instead of (E) as he considered himself as an ally rather than 475.Legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario requires of both public and private employers that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are usually held by men. (A) that pay be the same for jobs historically held by women as for jobs requiring comparable skill that are (B) that pay for jobs historically held by women should be the same as for a job requiring comparable skills (C) to pay the same in jobs historically held by women as in jobs of comparable skill that are (D) to pay the same regardless of whether a job was historically held by women or is one demanding comparable skills (E) to pay as much for jobs historically held by women as for a job demanding comparable skills 476.Less detrimental than the effects of bacterial transformation is the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding, decay of wood, and other undesirable alterations of substances. (A) is the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding (B) are the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, metals corroding (C) is the effects of bacterial deterioration, which include spoilage of food, metals 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 125 corroding (D) are the effects of bacterial deterioration, which includes spoilage of food, corrosion of metals (E) are the effects of bacterial deterioration: spoilage of food, corrosion of metals 477.Like Auden, the language of James Merrill is chatty, arch, and conversational—given to complex syntactic flights as well as to prosaic free-verse strolls. (A) Like Auden, the language of James Merrill (B) Like Auden, James Merrill’s language (C) Like Auden’s, James Merrill’s language (D) As with Auden, James Merrill’s language (E) As is Auden’s the language of James Merrill 478.Like Byron at Missolonghi, Jack London was slowly killed by the mistakes of the medical men who treated him. (A) Like Byron (B) Like Byron’s death (C) Just as Byron died (D) Similar to Byron (E) As did Byron 479.Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, the Italians’ disregard for Verdi persisted for a decade after his critical acclaim in France and Austria. (A) Like Edvard Grieg, whom the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, (B) Like Edvard Grieg, who the Scandinavians long refused to recognize, (C) Just as Edvard Grieg was long refused recognition by the Scandinavians, (D) Just as the Scandinavians long refused to recognize Edvard Grieg, so (E) Like the Scandinavians’ long refusal to recognize Edvard Grieg, 480.Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music. (A) Like Haydn, Schubert (B) Like Haydn, Schubert also (C) As has Haydn, Schubert (D) As did Haydn, Schubert also (E) As Haydn did, Schubert also 481.Like John McPhee’s works, Ann Beattie painstakingly assembles in her works an interesting and complete world out of hundreds of tiny details about a seemingly uninteresting subject. . unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them and they ranged from splinters to equipment near collapse. (A) unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them and they ranged (B) conditions in 95 percent were unsafe. and ranging (C) the ranging of unsafe conditions in 95 percent of them to be (D) that 95 percent had unsafe conditions ranging (E) that 95 percent of them had conditions that were unsafe; the. deterioration, which include spoilage of food, metals 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 1 25 corroding (D) are the effects of bacterial deterioration,