1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 215 834.The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was interrogated in a detention room. (A) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and was (B) of his right to remain silent, told he could not leave, and (C) of his right to remain silent and that he could not leave and (D) that he had a right to remain silent, could not leave, and was (E) that he had a right to remain silent, that he could not leave, and was 835.The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity. (A) for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity (B) for the determining of whether or not it meets the requirement set by the Office of Equal Opportunity (C) for the determining of whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are being met or not (D) determining whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are met (E) to determine whether they meet the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity 836.The technical term “pagination” is a process that leaves editors, instead of printers, assemble the page images that become the metal or plastic plates used in printing. (A) is a process that leaves editors, instead of printers, assemble (B) refers to a process that allows editors, rather than printers, to assemble (C) is a process leaving the editors, rather than printers, to assemble (D) refers to a process which allows editors, but not to printers, the assembly of (E) has reference to the process leaving to editors, instead of the printer, assembling 837.The themes that Rita Dove explores in her poetry is universal, encompassing much of the human condition while occasionally deals with racial issues. (A) is universal, encompassing much of the human condition while occasionally deals (B) is universal, encompassing much of the human condition, also occasionally it deals (C) are universal, they encompass much of the human condition and occasionally deals (D) are universal, encompassing much of the human condition while occasionally dealing 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 216 (E) are universal, they encompass much of the human condition, also occasionally are dealing 838.The underlying physical principles that control the midair gyrations of divers and gymnasts are the same as the body orientation controlling astronauts in a weightless environment. (A) as the body orientation controlling (B) as the body orientation which controls (C) as those controlling the body orientation of (D) ones to control the body orientation of (E) ones used in controlling the body orientation of 839.The United States government employs a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than any government. (A) a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than any (B) a much larger proportion of women in trade negotiations than does any other (C) much larger proportions of women in trade negotiations than has any (D) proportions of women in trade negotiations that are much larger than any (E) proportions of women in trade negotiations that are much larger than any other 840.The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade. (A) The United States petroleum industry’s cost to meet environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade. (B) The United States petroleum industry’s cost by the end of the decade to meet environmental regulations is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum. (C) By the end of the decade, the United States petroleum industry’s cost of meeting environmental regulations is projected at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum. (D) To meet environmental regulations, the cost to the United States petroleum industry is estimated at ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum by the end of the decade. (E) It is estimated that by the end of the decade the cost to the United States petroleum industry of meeting environmental regulations will be ten percent of the price per barrel of refined petroleum. 841.The unprecedented increases in the prime lending rate this year has probably been brought about by business community’s uncertainty about the President’s position on the budget deficit. 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 217 (A) in the prime lending rate this year has (B) this year in the prime lending rate has (C) this year in the prime lending rate having (D) in the prime lending rate this year had (E) in the prime lending rate this year have 842.The unskilled workers at the Allenby plant realized that their hourly rate of $4.11 to $4.75 was better than many nearby factory wages . (A) many nearby factory wages (B) many wages in nearby factories (C) what are offered by many nearby factories (D) it is in many nearby factories (E) that offered by many nearby factories 843.The use of chemical pesticides in this country is equally extensive or more so than ten years ago. (A) equally extensive or more so than ten years ago (B) equal to or more extensive than ten years ago (C) as extensive as ten years ago or more (D) equal to, if not more, than ten years ago (E) as extensive as it was ten years ago, if not more so 844.The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable astronomers to study the actual formation of black holes and neutron stars. (A) in the way electromagnetic waves do, hopefully will enable (B) in the way electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable (C) like electromagnetic waves, hopefully will enable (D) like electromagnetic waves, would enable, hopefully (E) such as electromagnetic waves do, will, it is hoped, enable 845.The utility company has announced that it will permanently close its Unit I nuclear power plant, the first plant that had been built by private industry and the model for a generation of modern nuclear reactors. (A) that had been built by private industry and (B) built by private industry and which was (C) to be built by private industry and which was (D) built by private industry and (E) to have been built by private industry and was 846.The visiting pharmacologists concluded that the present amalgam of Chinese and Western medicine is probably as good, or better than, any system that might be 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 218 devised for the patients who are treated at the Nan Kai hospital in Tian-jing. (A) as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for the patients who are (B) as good, or better, than any system that might be devised for patients being (C) as good, or better than, any system that might be devised for patients which are being (D) good as, or even better than, any other system that may be devised for the patients who are (E) as good as, or better than, any other system that might be devised for the patients 847.The voluminous personal papers of Thomas Alva Edison reveal that his inventions typically sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous works. (A) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly (B) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but were slowly evolved (C) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly (D) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but had slowly evolved (E) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but they were slowly evolved 848.The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child . (A) occurring when a child (B) occurring when children (C) that occurred when a child (D) that occurred when they were children (E) that has occurred as each was a child 849.The Western world’s love affair with chocolate is well-documented: few people have been known to have tasted it for the first time without requesting more. (A) few people have been known to have tasted it (B) few having been known to taste it (C) it has been tasted by few people (D) few people have been known to taste it (E) few people having tasted it 850.The winds that howl across the Great Plains not only blow away valuable topsoil, thereby reducing the potential crop yield of a tract of land, and also damage or destroy young plants. (A) and also damage or destroy (B) as well as damaging or destroying 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 219 (C) but they also cause damage or destroy (D) but also damage or destroy (E) but also causing damage or destroying 851.The work of mathematician Roger Penrose in the early 1970s, on the geometry of what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe the architecture of a previously unknown class of crystals. (A) what are called aperiodic tiles, turned out to describe (B) what is called aperiodic tiles, describes (C) aperiodic tiles, describing (D) so-called aperiodic tiles, describe (E) aperiodic tiles, it turned out to describe 852.There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens. (A) which reflects (B) and that number reflects (C) which reflect (D) that number reflects (E) that reflects 853.There has been a 30- to 40-fold increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against pesticides. (A) increase in the incidence of malaria caused by increasing mosquito resistance against (B) increase in the incidence of malaria because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to (C) increasing malaria incidence because of increasing resistance of mosquitoes to (D) incidence of malaria increase caused by increasing mosquito resistance against (E) incidence of malaria increase because of increased mosquito resistance to 854.There is ample evidence, derived from the lore of traditional folk medicine, that naturally occurring antibiotics are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug. (A) are usually able to be modified to make them a more effective drug. (B) are usually able to be modified to make them more effective drugs (C) are usually able to be modified, which makes them more effective drugs (D) can usually be modified to make them a more effective drug (E) can usually be modified to make them more effective drugs 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 220 855.There is growing demand in the state for “initiative and referendum,” a procedure that allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them . (A) allows voters to propose and pass laws, as well as to repeal them (B) allows voters to propose, pass, and to repeal laws (C) allows voters to propose, to pass, and repeal laws (D) will allow the voter to propose, pass, as well as to repeal laws (E) will allow laws to be proposed, passed, as well as repealed by voters 856.There is no consensus on what role, if any, is played by acid rain in slowing the growth or damaging forests in the eastern United States. (A) slowing the growth or damaging (B) the damage or the slowing of the growth of (C) the damage to or the slowness of the growth of (D) damaged or slowed growth of (E) damaging or slowing the growth of 857.There is speculation that increasing cold weather was what may have been responsible for the Anasazi move from Mesa Verde to sites in other canyons. (A) that increasing cold weather was what may have been (B) whether increasing cold weather was what was (C) that increasingly cold weather was what had been (D) whether increasingly cold weather may have been what was (E) that increasingly cold weather may have been 858.There is substantial evidence that certain forms of solar energy either now or within a few years will be economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power. (A) either now or within a few years will be economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power (B) will either be economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power within a few years or are so now (C) will be economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power either now or within a few years (D) either are now economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power or will be so within a few years (E) are either now or will be within a few years economically competitive with conventional sources of heat and power 859.Thomas Eakins’ powerful style and his choices of subject—the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves—was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours. . had (E) in the prime lending rate this year have 842 .The unskilled workers at the Allenby plant realized that their hourly rate of $4. 11 to $4. 75 was better than many nearby factory wages . (A). 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 215 8 34. The suspect in the burglary was advised of his right to remain. to, if not more, than ten years ago (E) as extensive as it was ten years ago, if not more so 844 .The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way electromagnetic waves