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(A) subscriptions, then taking turns drawing (B) subscriptions, and then taking turns drawing (C) subscriptions and then took turns drawing (D) subscriptions and then took turns, they drew (E) subscriptions and then drew, taking turns 798.The original employees hired, who had been there over twenty years, were fiercely loyal to the firm, and it offered no retirement benefits or profit sharing to any employees. (A) and it offered no (B) and it offered neither (C) still it offered no (D) though it offered no (E) though it offered neither 799.The owner of Steele’s Grocery in Osage, Ohio, saved $600 monthly on heat during the winter by putting all his refrigerator air compressors together in an insulated compartment, then installing two fans and a duct that carried waste heat from the compressors into the main part of the store. (A) then installing two fans and a duct that carried (B) then he installing two fans and a duct that carried (C) then two fans were installed with a duct that carried (D) installing two fans, and then carrying through a duct (E) installing two fans, and a duct carrying 800.The Parthenon was a church from 1204 until 1456, when Athens was taken by General Mohammed the Conqueror, the Turkish sultan, who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as a fortress. (A) who established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 206 (B) who, establishing a mosque in the building, used the Acropolis like (C) who, when he had established a mosque in the building, used the Acropolis like (D) who had established a mosque in the building, using the Acropolis to be (E) establishing a mosque in the building and using the Acropolis as 801.The pattern of whisker spot on the face of a male lion, like human fingerprints, are a lifelong means of identification, since they are both unique and unchanging. (A) like human fingerprints, are a lifelong means of identification, since they are both unique and unchanging (B) like human fingerprints, is a lifelong means of identification, since it is both unique and unchanging (C) like human fingerprints, is a means of identification for life, being both unique and unchanging (D) since they are both unique and unchanging, are, like human fingerprints, are a means of identification for life (E) both unique and unchanging, are, like human fingerprints, a lifelong means of identification 802.The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them: the resulting flow pattern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known as “standing waves.” (A) crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are (B) crests and troughs that remain stationary although they are formed by rapidly moving air, are (C) crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, is (D) stationary crests and troughs although he air that forms them is moving rapidly, are (E) stationary crests and troughs although they are formed by rapidly moving air, is 803.The period when the great painted caves at Lascaux and Altamira were occupied by Upper Paleolithic people has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is much more difficult to determine are the reason for their decoration, the use to which primitive people put the caves, and the meaning of the magnificently depicted animals. 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(A) not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on (B) tied to the prime are the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also on (C) the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also (D) not only the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also on (E) the interest rates are tied to the prime, not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also 808.The proposed health care bill would increase government regulation of health insurance, establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers changing jobs who otherwise could be uncovered for months. (A) establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers changing jobs who (B) establishing standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers who are changing jobs and (C) to establish standards that would guarantee wider access to people with past health problems and to workers who change jobs that (D) for establishing standards that would guarantee wider access for people with past health problems and workers changing jobs who (E) for the establishment of standards that would guarantee wider access for people with past health problems and workers who are changing jobs that 809.The proposed urban development zones do not represent a new principle; it was employed in “Operation Bootstrap” in Puerto Rico. 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(A) contact with it directly with (B) direct contact with it by way of (C) contact with the latter directly through (D) direct contact with the latter by means of (E) contact directly with the mystical level due to 813.The question of whether to divest themselves of stock in companies that do business in South Africa is particularly troublesome for the nation’s 116 private Black colleges because their economic bases are often more fragile than most predominantly White colleges. (A) than (B) than those of (C) than is so of (D) compared to (E) compared to those of 814.The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the nation’s 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 210 air-traffic control system, to lead to 55 percent more delays at airports, and prompts fears among some officials that safety is being compromised. 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