GMAT Sentence Correction Discussions

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9196
A good SC. I will post the OA after few discussions.


Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies-less than those killed by bee stings.

A. movies-less than those
B. movies-fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones



The one in bold?
9197
A good SC. I will post the OA after few discussions.


Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies-less than those killed by bee stings.

A. movies-less than those
B. movies-fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones


My take is E....B seems to be close but "have been" doesnt seem to ok..
9198
A good SC. I will post the OA after few discussions.


Only seven people this century have been killed by the great white shark, the man-eater of the movies-less than those killed by bee stings.

A. movies-less than those
B. movies-fewer than have been
C. movies, which is less than those
D. movies, a number lower than the people
E. movies, fewer than the ones



So guys, As expected many people got this one wrong. Don't worry, I also got this one wrong in the first attempt. I chose option E.
My intention behind posting this question was not to show my intelligence but to show how GMAT can trick all of us with questions like this.

The correct answer is in Bold.

Reason:--
As we know, people are countable Noun and 'less' is used for uncountable
things. We can safely eliminate option A and C.

Option D is incorrectly comparing numbers to People. Eliminate.

Option E has parallelism issues. "the ones" is ambiguous -- not clear whether it is referring to Sharks or Movies...

Option B on the other hand correctly uses 'Fewer ' for countable noun.. Also, it maintain parallelism..
9199

Try these puys,
The recently re-elected prez of cyprus has asked THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD ENCOURAGE TURKEY,WHICH INVADED THE ISLAND IN 1974 AND NOW CONTROLS THEIR northern regions,to withdraw from this country,

(A) that the united states would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their
(B)of the united states that it would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their
(C)that the united states would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls its
(D)that the united states encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974,and now controls their
(E)the united states to encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls its

9200

D seems the apt one...

Try these puys,
The recently re-elected prez of cyprus has asked THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD ENCOURAGE TURKEY,WHICH INVADED THE ISLAND IN 1974 AND NOW CONTROLS THEIR northern regions,to withdraw from this country,

(A) that the united states would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their
(B)of the united states that it would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their
(C)that the united states would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls its
(D)that the united states encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974,and now controls their
(E)the united states to encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls its
9201
excaliber007 Says
D seems the apt one...

Nope! Its E . ofcourse, by glancing u come up with D and E. E is correcnt because it uses ITS rather than THEIR to refer cyprus
9202

Try this,
LIKE MOST RELIGIONS,THE TEACHINGS OF SIKHISM ARE CODIFIED IN a book
(1)" "
(2)like most other religions,the teachings of sikhism are codified in
(3)sikhism's teachings,like those of most other religions,are codified in
(4)for their codification,like the teachings of most religions,sikhism has -Lol
(5)like those of most religions,sikhism has codified its teachings in

9203
Try this,
LIKE MOST RELIGIONS,THE TEACHINGS OF SIKHISM ARE CODIFIED IN a book
(1)" "
(2)like most other religions,the teachings of sikhism are codified in
(3)sikhism's teachings,like those of most other religions,are codified in
(4)for their codification,like the teachings of most religions,sikhism has -Lol
(5)like those of most religions,sikhism has codified its teachings in


Pretty easy 😃 ..

I've highlighted the correct answer in Blue...

Reason: --
1) incorrectly compares Religions to Teachings of Sikhism
2) Same as 1
4) Wordy, Awkward and too many grammatical errors
5) incorrect comparison - compares Religions to Sikhism
option 3 is the clear winner :)

Also, the answer to your earlier question is E. Correct Subject Verb Agreement 😃
9204
sudhirzulu Says
Nope! Its E . ofcourse, by glancing u come up with D and E. E is correcnt because it uses ITS rather than THEIR to refer cyprus

excaliber007 Says
D seems the apt one...


Yes, apart from Subject Verb agreement if you notice one more thing that other choices are too wordy That the united states would encourage turkey, the usage of 'That' & 'Would' is incorrect.

The intended meaning is that Prez has simply asked the US to convince/encourage turkey to Blah blah... Option E maintains both (Grammar as well as the intended meaning)
9205

Carthaginians are still commonly credited AS THE ONES WHO SALTED roman fields during the punic wars,despite the existence of credible evidence to the contrary.
(1)" "
(2)as the salters of
(3)for salting
(4)with having salted
(5)with the salting of

9206
Carthaginians are still commonly credited AS THE ONES WHO SALTED roman fields during the punic wars,despite the existence of credible evidence to the contrary.
(1)" "
(2)as the salters of
(3)for salting
(4)with having salted
(5)with the salting of


Will go with 4)

'Credited with' is the correct usage. 4) seems apt.
9207
Try these puys,
The recently re-elected prez of cyprus has asked THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD ENCOURAGE TURKEY,WHICH INVADED THE ISLAND IN 1974 AND NOW CONTROLS THEIR northern regions,to withdraw from this country,

(A) that the united states would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their
(B)of the united states that it would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls their
(C)that the united states would encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls its
(D)that the united states encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974,and now controls their
(E)the united states to encourage turkey,which invaded the island in 1974 and now controls its


hi puys.. me jus started GMAT prep.. will try to take time out of my tight working hrs.. here s my first attempt:-)
A,B,D - wrong because THEIR is used for Cyprus
C seems to be wordy.
I ll go wit E.. precise and proper sub-verb agreement found.
9208
Carthaginians are still commonly credited AS THE ONES WHO SALTED roman fields during the punic wars,despite the existence of credible evidence to the contrary.
(1)" "
(2)as the salters of
(3)for salting

(4)with having salted
(5)with the salting of



Idiom is -- credit with

5) - dont make sense -- salting of with what ??

my answer -- 4
9209
hi puys.. me jus started GMAT prep.. will try to take time out of my tight working hrs.. here s my first attempt:-)
A,B,D - wrong because THEIR is used for Cyprus
C seems to be wordy.
I ll go wit E.. precise and proper sub-verb agreement found.

my challenge ! suppose the option d was like - that .......united states to ...................its ,,,,,,,,,,, which one would have preferred! d or e?
9210
sudhirzulu Says
my challenge ! suppose the option d was like - that .......united states to ...................its ,,,,,,,,,,, which one would have preferred! d or e?

Hai sudhir.. in that case the option D would be similar to C but without WOULD as in option C..
acc to me, "that the united states encourage" doesn't sound better than "that the united states would encourage".
So, again i would go for C or E.
C - wordy... so i ll go with E.

BTW wat s d OA:-)

eg: we will have sentences like "i have asked you to do it" or "i have asked that you should or would do it".. not like " i have asked that you do it".. my take is this way.. open for other's valuable inputs..
9211
Hai sudhir.. in that case the option D would be similar to C but without WOULD as in option C..
acc to me, "that the united states encourage" doesn't sound better than "that the united states would encourage".
So, again i would go for C or E.
C - wordy... so i ll go with E.

BTW wat s d OA:-)

eg: we will have sentences like "i have asked you to do it" or "i have asked that you should or would do it".. not like " i have asked that you do it".. my take is this way.. open for other's valuable inputs..

OA is E! but don u think it would form a correct idiom ? :-P
9212
Carthaginians are still commonly credited AS THE ONES WHO SALTED roman fields during the punic wars,despite the existence of credible evidence to the contrary.
(1)" "
(2)as the salters of
(3)for salting
(4)with having salted
(5)with the salting of


Seems to be 'E'

9214

Puys,
Can anyone take up the initiative to post the frequently asked idioms in sentence correction? so dat we could stop baffling !

9215

option (c) is better than (b) because
use of "they " is clear in (c) as it refers to leave of absence compared to it in (b) which is ambiguous.

9216
Guys, solve this one-- SOURCE-- Knewton

The board follows policies that are unreasonably strict and so inflexible that they refuse to discuss permitting leaves of absences even when justifiable.

A)they refuse to discuss permitting leaves of absences even when
B)it refuses to discuss permitting leaves of absences even when it is
C)it refuses to discuss permitting leaves of absences to be taken even when they are
D)permitting leaves of absences is not discussed even when
E)discussion of permitting leaves of absences is refused even when they will be

Answer after few posts.

option (c) is better than (b) because
use of "they " is clear in (c) as it refers to leave of absence compared to it in (b) which is ambiguous.