1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 245 books have won 20 percent of all the National and American Book awards since 1950. (C) Increasingly influential as a large sector of publishing, 20 percent of all the National and American Book awards since 1950 have gone to university-press books. (D) Since 1950, a large and increasingly influential sector of publishing, 20 percent of all the National and American Book awards have gone to university-press books. (E) Since 1950, university-press books, a large and increasingly influential sector of publishing, won 20 percent of all the National and American Book awards from then on. 950.A private house in New York City is a building owned by an individual or individuals having less than eight units and no commercial space. (A) a building owned by an individual or individuals having less than eight units and no commercial space (B) one that an individual or individuals own with fewer than eight units and no commercial space (C) a building with fewer than eight units, no commercial space, and is owned by an individual or individuals (D) one that has fewer than eight units, no commercial space and it is owned by an individual or individuals (E) one that has fewer than eight units, is owned by an individual or individuals, and has no commercial space 951.A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered, is not only a natural sweetener but also prevents tooth decay. (A) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, was recently discovered (B) A substance, which was recently discovered, from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose, (C) A substance from the licorice plant, which was recently discovered to be 50 times sweeter than sucrose, (D) A substance from the licorice plant, 50 times sweeter than sucrose , which was recently discovered, (E) A recently discovered substance, 50 times sweeter than sucrose from the licorice plant, 952.After more than four decades of research and development, a new type of jet engine is being tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help boost cargoes into space at significantly lower costs than current methods permit. (A) tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 246 or help (B) tested that could eventually have the capability of propelling aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or to help (C) tested, eventually able to propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours, or helping (D) tested, and it eventually could propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours, or helping (E) tested, and it could eventually have the capability to propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help 953.Although no proof yet exists of electromagnetic fields generated by household appliances posing any health threat, mounting scientific evidence has convinced many experts that there is cause for concern. (A) of electromagnetic fields generated by household appliances posing any health threat (B) of electromagnetic fields generated by household appliances that pose any threat to health (C) that electromagnetic fields generated by household appliances pose any threat to health (D) that poses any threat to health from electromagnetic fields generated by household appliances (E) for any health threat posed by electromagnetic fields generated by household appliances 954.Art historians are using a process known as infrared scanning in analyzing the Mona Lisa to determine if it has been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as done by many artists of the time. (A) if it has been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as done (B) if it had been altered since completion and if Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice employed (C) whether it has been altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice employed (D) whether it was altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, as was done (E) whether it had been altered since completion and whether Leonardo da Vinci first sketched the figure in black, a practice done 955.Asset allocators create portfolios, often in the form of mutual funds, with the intention to turn in good results in both “bull” and “bear” markets. (A) with the intention (B) the intention of which is 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 247 (C) intended (D) and intending (E) so intended as 956.Baker was perhaps not the most gifted soloist in the orchestra, but the conductor felt what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by the passion with which he played the music. (A) what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by (B) what he lacked in technical skill was more than made up by (C) whatever was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by (D) whatever he lacked in technical skill was more than made up for by (E) whatever he lacked in technical skill he more than made up by 957.By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public. (A) By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public. (B) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine, protecting the public. (C) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine which protects the public. (D) In order to protect the public, by law a qualified physician only can prescribe medicine. (E) In order to protect the public, by law only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine. 958.Cartographers have long struggled with the problem of having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper. (A) having the spherical Earth to draw on a flat sheet of paper (B) having a flat sheet of paper on which to draw the spherical Earth (C) how can one draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper (D) how they could use a flat sheet of paper to draw the spherical Earth (E) how to draw the spherical Earth on a flat sheet of paper 959.Child care already a solid part of the employee benefits package at many companies, more businesses are focusing on a newer family benefit known as elder care, servicing for older dependents. (A) Child care (B) With child care (C) Child care as (D) Being the Child care was (E) With child care’s being 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 248 960.Constance Horner, chief of the United States government’s personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant. (A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant (B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds for not hiring an applicant (C) an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them (D) an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired (E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant’s use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them 961.Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early indication of the economy’s direction, sagged as the stock market tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving a clear picture of new spending patterns. (A) tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving (B) tumbled, but not dramatically enough to give (C) tumbled, and not so dramatically as to have given (D) has tumbled, and not dramatically enough to give (E) has tumbled, but not so dramatically as to give 962.Contrary to the scholarly wisdom of the 1950’s and early 1960’s that predicted the processes of modernization and rationalization would gradually undermine it , ethnicity is a worldwide phenomenon of increasing importance. (A) would gradually undermine it (B) to be a gradual undermining of it (C) would be a gradual undermining of ethnicity (D) to gradually undermine ethnicity (E) gradually undermining it 963.For people who have never worked for a living, any job may instill a valuable sense of self-worth and open doors to better jobs in the future. (A) may instill a valuable sense of self-worth and open doors to better jobs in the future (B) might instill for them a valuable sense of self- worth and to open doors to better jobs in the future (C) may, in them, instill a valuable sense of self-worth, opening their doors to better jobs in the future (D) opening the door later for a better job and giving them a valuable sense of self-worth now 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 249 (E) may open the door for a better job later and giving them a valuable sense now of their self-worth 964.In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company’s earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions. (A) by using the company’s earnings and to profit (B) by using the companies’ earnings and by profiting (C) using the companies’ earnings and profiting (D) with the company’s earnings, profiting (E) with the companies’ earnings and to profit 965.In many upper-class Egyptian homes, French was spoken within the family, just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy. (A) just as it had once been among the Russian aristocracy (B) just like it once been among the Russian aristocracy (C) just as Russian aristocracy had once done (D) similar to what the Russian aristocracy had once done (E) like what had once been done by the Russian aristocracy 966.In repousse, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape. (A) In repousse, a method of sculpture, workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds, and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pounding the metal into shape. (B) Repousse is method of sculpture in which workers lay copper sheets over wooden molds and then, using a variety of exotic hammers, carefully pound the metal into shape. (C) Repousse workers, who do a method of sculpture by laying copper sheets over wooden molds, use a variety of exotic hammers, and then pounding the metal into shape. (D) Workers who lay copper sheets over wooden molds use a variety of exotic hammers and carefully pound the metal into shape in order to do repousse, a method of sculpture. (E) Laying copper sheets over wooden molds, and using a variety of exotic hammers in order to pound the metal into shape, repousse is a method of sculpture done by workers. 967.In the late nineteenth century Annie Besant was widely regarded as one of the greatest living public orators, second only to Gladstone in a culture where oratory was the dominant public medium. (A) as one of the greatest living public orators, second only 1000 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 250 (B) to be one of the greatest living public orators, secondary only (C) that she was one of the greatest living public orators, secondary only (D) as being one of the greater living public orators she was only second (E) to be greater than most other living public orators, and she was second only 968.Interest rates on mortgages have declined steadily during the first six months of this year but virtually remained unchanged during the next three months. (A) have declined steadily during the first six months of this year but virtually remained unchanged (B) declined steadily during the first six months of this year but virtually remain unchanged (C) steadily declined during the first six months of this year but remain virtually unchanged (D) declined steadily during the first six months of this but have remained virtually unchanging’ (E) declined steadily during the first six months of this year but have remained virtually unchanged 969.Leaching, the recovery of copper from the drainage water of mines, as a method of the extraction of minerals, it was well established as early as the eighteenth century, but until about 25 years ago miners did not realize that bacteria taken an active part in the process. (A) as a method of the extraction of minerals, it was well established (B) as a method of the extraction of minerals well established (C) was a well-established method of mineral extraction (D) was a well-established method of extracting mineral that was (E) had been a method of mineral extraction, well established 970.Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew how to use a good story to generate good will. (A) Lincoln, discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, knew (B) Discovering in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler has learned before him, Lincoln knew (C) Lincoln, discovering the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned in young manhood before him, knew (D) In young manhood Lincoln discovered the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him; (E) Lincoln, discovered in young manhood the secret that the Yankee peddler had learned before him, knew 971.Many economists predict that the next recession, when it comes, will be caused . 100 0 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 245 books have won. tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two 100 0 Real GMAT Sentence Correction Questions Collected by: www.dethi.com & www.xeom.net 246 or help (B) tested. “bull” and “bear” markets. 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