GMAT Sentence Correction Discussions

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A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drugs maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
  1. as
  2. than
  3. that
  4. of what
  5. at which


three times the price,..., THAT X charges.
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A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.

  1. as
  2. than
  3. that
  4. of what
  5. at which


It would be "C" (THAT) !!!
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1) Bird feathers appear to have evolved from dinosaur scales well over 100 million years ago,Chinese scientists have shown ,based on a fossil bird found in the Yuan mountains of China.
A)ditto
B)Chinese scientists,having shown that bird feathers appear to have evolved from dinosaur scales well over 100 million years ago,based on a fossil bird found in Yuan mountains of China.
C)Based on a fossil bird found in the Yuan mountains of China,Chinese scientists showed that bird feathers have appeared to have evolved from dinosaur scales well over 100 million years ago.
D)When a fossil bird in Yuan mountains of China was found well over 100 million years ago,Chinese scientists showed that bird feathers appear to have evolved from dinosaur scales.
E)Based on a fossil bird found in the Yuan mountains of China,Chinese scientists have shown that bird feathers have appear to have evolved from dinosaur scales well over 100 million years ago. - The extra "have appear to have" is wordy, ungrammatical.
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2)Once the audience had filed out,Serge began to wonder who,if anyone ,had listened to his long speech.
A)began to wonder who,if anyone ,had listened to his long speech.
B)began wondering whom,if anyone ,had listened to his long speech.
C)began wondering whom,if anyone , listens to his long speech.
D)began to wonder who,if anyone ,was listening to his long speech.
E)began wondering who,if anyone ,was listening to his long speech.

"filed out" - means that the audience arranged themselves in queues. So the audience was still there. "had filed out" is used to show that the audience filed before he began to wonder. Therefore it should be the past continuous "began to wonder who,if anyone ,was listening to his long speech." = "began to wonder who was listening to his speech".
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3)Of the eight members of jazz band,none was more fraught with stage fright than she.
A)None was more fraught with stage fright than she - None("No one"-singular) was ....than she - correct comparison.
B)None was more fraught with stage fright than her
C)None were more fraught with stage fright than her
D)None were more fraught with stage fright than she
E)None was more fraught with stage fright then she



as regards to the second one
file out - march out, in a file. exit, get out, go out, leave - move out of or depart from

so the students had already left. Thus the correct answer is A
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Q2:
The first commercially successful drama to depict Black family life sympathetically and the first play by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway, it was Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and was later made into both a film and a musical.

  1. it was Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and was later made
  2. in 1959 A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and was later made
  3. Lorraine Hansberry won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for A Raisin in the Sun in 1959, and it was later made
  4. Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959 and was later made
  5. A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and later made it
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the moviesless than those killed by bee stings.

    1. moviesless than those
    2. moviesfewer than have been
    3. movies, which is less than those
    4. movies, a number lower than the people
    5. movies, fewer than the ones


Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.

  1. the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
  2. the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
  3. that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
  4. in the northeastern United States, sandpipers vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
  5. in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing
Seldom more that 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes at Buffalo, providing the port of New York City with a direct water link to the heartland of the North American continent.

  1. Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected
  2. Seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected
  3. It was seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, and ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, but the Erie Canal, connecting
  4. The Erie Canal was seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep and it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, which connected
  5. The Erie Canal, seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, connecting
Q33:
The health benefits of tea have been the subject of much research; in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis may also play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

  1. in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting
  2. in addition to its possibilities to prevent or inhibit
  3. besides the possibility that it prevents and inhibits
  4. besides the possible preventing and inhibiting of
  5. besides possibly preventing or inhibiting
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Q2:
The first commercially successful drama to depict Black family life sympathetically and the first play by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway, it was Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and was later made into both a film and a musical.

  1. it was Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and was later made
  2. in 1959 A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and was later made
  3. Lorraine Hansberry won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for A Raisin in the Sun in 1959, and it was later made
    • Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959 and was later made

  4. A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and later made it
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the moviesless than those killed by bee stings.

    1. moviesless than those
    2. moviesfewer than have been
    3. movies, which is less than those
    4. movies, a number lower than the people
    5. movies, fewer than the ones


Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.

  1. the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
  2. the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
  3. that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
  4. in the northeastern United States, sandpipers vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
  5. in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing
Seldom more that 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes at Buffalo, providing the port of New York City with a direct water link to the heartland of the North American continent.

  1. Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected
  2. Seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected
  3. It was seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, and ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, but the Erie Canal, connecting
  4. The Erie Canal was seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep and it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, which connected
  5. The Erie Canal, seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, connecting
Q33:
The health benefits of tea have been the subject of much research; in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis may also play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

  1. in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting
  2. in addition to its possibilities to prevent or inhibit
  3. besides the possibility that it prevents and inhibits
  4. besides the possible preventing and inhibiting of
  5. besides possibly preventing or inhibiting

my take in bold(question 3 and 4 left unsolved)
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Q2:
The first commercially successful drama to depict Black family life sympathetically and the first play by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway, it was Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and was later made into both a film and a musical.
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My take for the above set

1. option D)Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959 and was later made

2. option A)moviesless than those
3. option A)the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in

4. option E)The Erie Canal, seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, connecting

5. option C)besides the possibility that it prevents and inhibits

-Deepak.
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My take in bold.


Q2:
The first commercially successful drama to depict Black family life sympathetically and the first play by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway, it was Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and was later made into both a film and a musical.
  1. it was Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and was later made
  2. in 1959 A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and was later made
  3. Lorraine Hansberry won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for A Raisin in the Sun in 1959, and it was later made
  4. Lorraine Hansberrys A Raisin in the Sun won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959 and was later made
  5. A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1959, and later made it
Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the moviesless than those killed by bee stings.

    1. moviesless than those
    2. moviesfewer than have been
    3. movies, which is less than those
    4. movies, a number lower than the people
    5. movies, fewer than the ones


Like the grassy fields and old pastures that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in farming practices.

  1. the sandpipers vanishing in the northeastern United States is a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
  2. the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States as a result of residential and industrial development and of changes in
  3. that the birds themselves are vanishing in the northeastern United States is due to residential and industrial development and changes to
  4. in the northeastern United States, sandpipers vanishing is due to residential and industrial development and to changes in
  5. in the northeastern United States, the sandpipers vanishing, a result of residential and industrial development and changing
Seldom more that 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected the Hudson River at Albany to the Great Lakes at Buffalo, providing the port of New York City with a direct water link to the heartland of the North American continent.

  1. Seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected
  2. Seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, the Erie Canal connected
  3. It was seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, and ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, but the Erie Canal, connecting
  4. The Erie Canal was seldom more than 40 feet wide or 12 feet deep and it ran 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, which connected
  5. The Erie Canal, seldom more than 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep, but running 363 miles across the rugged wilderness of upstate New York, connecting
Q33:
The health benefits of tea have been the subject of much research; in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting some forms of cancer, the brewed leaves of Camellia sinensis may also play a role in reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.

  1. in addition to its possibilities for preventing and inhibiting
  2. in addition to its possibilities to prevent or inhibit
  3. besides the possibility that it prevents and inhibits
  4. besides the possible preventing and inhibiting of
  5. besides possibly preventing or inhibiting
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1. As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round,[ taking advantage of off-season demand], to standardizeits sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.

Choice B. (taking advantage ... : modifies the previous clause. "to sell,.... to standardize,....and to predict - are parallel and the last item in the list is clearly preceded by an "and")


2. As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age. - "that" is incorrect for people. "at one time" wordy should be "once"

Choice B.


3. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form. - "would have been" is incorrect. Should use the hypothetical subjunctive form "were". We are assuming here.
Choice C.


4. Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one when it is not. - "fail to detect a condition" is correct. "indicate that there is one " causes ambiguity. A more precise form is "and indicate that it is present". "it" correctly refers to the condition and not "medical test." Repeated pronouns refers to the same antecedent unless a new subject is introduced and clearly referred to by the pronoun.

Choice C

i went thru the solutions provided by you..all of them are correct...but i am still confused with the logic for 3rd question and the fourth question:
for the 3rd question my option was D. y are we using were instead of was.
for the 4th question i didnt undstnd d explanation at all for the choice you picked.my option was choice A. y IS it ambiguous?
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wow.. jsut got loads of stuff form ur blog..
Thankyou thank you thanky ou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shall pst queries next 😁

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I have a question. Thanks for help.

2.Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.


Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops,
sugar beet and walnut in the region, but in the 1880s, more
effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.


Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet
and walnut crops in the region, but in the 1880s, more
effective pest-control
methods saved the citrus industry.


Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but more effective pest-control methods that were introduced in the 1880s saved the citrus industry.


In the 1880s, pests destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region and more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.


In the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry from what was destroying grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region.

(B) CORRECT. The word crop is placed correctly after the list of crop types.
The modifier in the 1880s correctly modifies the last phrase in the sentence, indicating only that the citrus industry was saved in the 1880s. By using the past perfect had destroyed, this sentence indicates that the other crops had been destroyed at some time prior to the 1880s. The later past event uses the simple past tense, whereas the earlier past event uses the past perfect tense. This time line of events matches the meaning in the original sentence.

(C) The modifying phrase that were introduced in the 1880s refers to the methods immediately preceding the phrase. This alters the meaning of the sentence, since in the 1880s no longer modifies saved the citrus industry. The simple past tense indicates saved happened sometime in the past, but not necessarily in that particular decade. The modifier uses the relative pronoun that, but that should only introduce essential modifiers. Which is a better choice here, since the modifying phrase is non-essential.

I do not see anything wrong with C..it is better than B.











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Thankyou thank you thanky ou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shall pst queries next :D


plz post the link of blog here...i too want to read and learn
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Not only did Christopher Columbus refuse to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, he also pressed relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, finally receiving approval and financing from King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492 after several rejections.

Not only did Christopher Columbus refuse to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, he also pressed relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, finally receiving

Not only did Christopher Columbus refuse to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, also pressing relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia; he finally received

Christopher Columbus not only refused to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, but he pressed relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, and finally receiving

Christopher Columbus not only refused to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat but pressed relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, finally receiving

Not only refusing to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat but pressing relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, Christopher Columbus, finally receiving
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Not only did Christopher Columbus refuse to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, he also pressed relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, finally receiving approval and financing from King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492 after several rejections.

Not only did Christopher Columbus refuse to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, he also pressed relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, finally receiving

Not only did Christopher Columbus refuse to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, also pressing relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia; he finally received

Christopher Columbus not only refused to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat, but he pressed relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, and finally receiving

Christopher Columbus not only refused to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat but pressed relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, finally receiving

Not only refusing to accept the conventional wisdom that the earth was flat but pressing relentlessly for royal support for his westward voyage to Asia, Christopher Columbus, finally receiving



I will go with option D....Idiom usuage Not only ....but also


-Deepak
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I will go with option D....Idiom usuage Not only ....but also


-Deepak

Hey deepak,
though ur ans is right but it does not have not only...but also Idiom, "but" is missing...what do u say about that????
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My takes:
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. C

1. As envisioned by researchers, commercial farming of lobsters will enable fisheries to sell the shellfish year-round, taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize its sizes and colors, and to predict sales volume in advance.
(A) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardize
(B) taking advantage of off-season demand, to standardize
(C) taking advantage of off-season demand, standardizing
(D) take advantage of off-season demand, standardizing
(E) take advantage of off-season demand, to standardize

2. As a result of medical advances, many people that might at one time have died as children of such infections as diphtheria, pneumonia, or rheumatic fever now live well into old age.
(A) that might at one time have died as children
(B) who might once have died in childhood
(C) that as children might once have died
(D) who in childhood might have at one time died
(E) who, when they were children, might at one time have died



3. Art museums do not usually think of their collections as capital or consider the interest income that would be generated if a portion of the capital would have been invested in another form.
(A) be generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(B) have been generated if a portion of the capital would have been
(C) be generated if a portion of the capital were
(D) be generated if a portion of the capital was
(E) be generated if a portion of the capital had been

4. Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one when it is not.
(A) a condition when it is present and indicate that there is one
(B) when a condition is present and indicate that there is one
(C) a condition when it is present and indicate that it is present
(D) when a condition is present and indicate its presence
(E) the presence of a condition when it is there and indicate its presence
My answers are E,E,D,A
needless to say all of them are wrong as per the solution.
kindly help!!
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2 reasons why "C" can't be the answer.

1. It alters the meaning of the statement. Pest control methods need not necessarily be introduced in the 1980s.

2. Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but more effective pest-control methods that were introduced in the 1880s, saved the citrus industry.

This comma is missing in the statement.



I have a question. Thanks for help.

2.Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops, sugar beet and walnut in the region, but in the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.


Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper crops,
sugar beet and walnut in the region, but in the 1880s, more
effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.


Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet
and walnut crops in the region, but in the 1880s, more
effective pest-control
methods saved the citrus industry.


Pests had destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region, but more effective pest-control methods that were introduced in the 1880s saved the citrus industry.


In the 1880s, pests destroyed grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region and more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry.


In the 1880s, more effective pest-control methods saved the citrus industry from what was destroying grape, celery, chili pepper, sugar beet and walnut crops in the region.

(B) CORRECT. The word crop is placed correctly after the list of crop types.
The modifier in the 1880s correctly modifies the last phrase in the sentence, indicating only that the citrus industry was saved in the 1880s. By using the past perfect had destroyed, this sentence indicates that the other crops had been destroyed at some time prior to the 1880s. The later past event uses the simple past tense, whereas the earlier past event uses the past perfect tense. This time line of events matches the meaning in the original sentence.

(C) The modifying phrase that were introduced in the 1880s refers to the methods immediately preceding the phrase. This alters the meaning of the sentence, since in the 1880s no longer modifies saved the citrus industry. The simple past tense indicates saved happened sometime in the past, but not necessarily in that particular decade. The modifier uses the relative pronoun that, but that should only introduce essential modifiers. Which is a better choice here, since the modifying phrase is non-essential.

I do not see anything wrong with C..it is better than B.











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1.Because the Earth's crust 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 in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West
2.Because Halley's Comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.
(A) between passing
(B) of passing
(C) between its passes
(D) of its passes
(E) as it passes

3.Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old.
(A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(C) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like
(D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of
(E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like

My answers are: 1.B 2.E. 3.A

tHEY are all wrong !!!! 😞

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1.Because the Earths crust 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 in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West
2.Because Halleys Comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.
(A) between passing
(B) of passing
(C) between its passes
(D) of its passes
(E) as it passes

3.Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old.
(A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(C) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like
(D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of
(E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like

My answers are: 1.B 2.E. 3.A

tHEY are all wrong !!!! :(


My take

1. E
2. C
3. B

-Deepak.
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My take

1. E
2. C
3. B

-Deepak.

2nd and 3rd are right!!can u explain ur answers..and also y do u think my answers are wrong?
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1. Because the Earths crust 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 in the eastern United States than it does in the West.
(A) of a given magnitude typically devastates an area 100 times greater in the eastern United States than it does in the West
(B) of a given magnitude will typically devastate 100 times the area if it occurs in the eastern United States instead of the West
(C) will typically devastate 100 times the area in the eastern United States than one of the comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(D) in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West
(E) that occurs in the eastern United States will typically devastate 100 times more area than if it occurred with comparable magnitude in the West

2. Because Halleys Comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.
(A) between passing
(B) of passing
(C) between its passes
(D) of its passes
(E) as it passes

3. Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old.
(A) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(B) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as
(C) Based on the growth rates of large modern reptiles like
(D) On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles, like those of
(E) Based on such growth rates as those of large modern reptiles like

My answers are: 1.B 2.E. 3.A

tHEY are all wrong !!!! :(

My takes.

1. Option D : Because the Earths crust is more solid there and thus better able to transmit shock waves, an earthquake in the eastern United States will typically devastate an area 100 times greater than will a quake of comparable magnitude occurring in the West

2. Option C: Because Halleys Comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between its passes close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.

3. B. : On the basis of growth rates of large modern reptiles such as the Galapagos tortoise and examinations of fossils of juvenile dinosaurs, scientists estimate that the largest dinosaurs probably lived to be between 100 and 200 years old.
All others are out of question. A is wrong because scientist CANNOT estimate based on something, scientist's accounts can be based on something. But scientists can estimate on the basis of something. Looks to me like a variation of OG question about "Using the account, scientists estimate that...."