GMAT Sentence Correction

SC's Question number - 647, 648

2009-03-15T04:52:00.000-07:00

647). On the Great Plains, nineteenth-century settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails. (A) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without (B) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, did it without (C) settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making them while not having (D) settlers used mud and grass to build

SC's Question number - 649 , 650

2009-03-09T01:01:00.000-07:00

649). George’s personal diary and album formed the basis for his book about the places he had visited.(A) the basis for his book about the places he had visited.(B) the basis for his book regarding the places he had visited.(C) the basis of his book about the places he visited.(D) the basis of his book about the places which he had visited.(E) the basis of his book about the places he had visited

SC's Question number - 651 , 652

2009-03-05T00:32:00.000-08:00

651). Recent psychological studies indicate that if children associate with and play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than children that lead relatively isolated lives.(A) play with other children, they will experience fewer psychological problems and develop quicker socially than (B) play with other children, they experience

SC's Question number - 653 , 654

2009-03-02T18:54:00.000-08:00

653). Although many Whites, noting the presence of some Blacks in the middle class, think that the time for enforcing civil rights measures is past, Blacks generally are aware that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of a radical discrepancy as ever. (A) that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of (B) that average-income and unemployment figures

SC's Question number - 655, 656

2009-02-18T03:12:00.000-08:00

655). So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence.(A) So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the United States work force that(B) As poorly educated and trained as many young recruits to the United States work force are(C) Because of many young recruits

SC's Question number - 657 , 658

2009-02-11T01:34:00.000-08:00

657). Some analysts of retirement problems insist that the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate all retirement-income systems, including Social Security, into one central system.(A) insist that the only way to provide equity and protection for all Americans is to amalgamate(B) have insisted the only way equity and protection can be provided for all

SC's Question number - 659, 660

2009-01-18T17:11:00.000-08:00

659). Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger, and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites.(A) acting as sentinels and to sound(B) acting as sentinels and sounding(C) to act as sentinels and sound(D) to act as sentinels and to sound(E) to

SC's Question number - 661 , 662

2009-01-07T03:25:00.000-08:00

661). Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were constructed in violation of the city’s building code.(A) Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were(B) Some buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake last year had been(C) Some buildings that the earthquake destroyed and heavily

SC's Question number - 663 , 664

2008-12-21T08:12:00.000-08:00

663). Some of the tenth-century stave churches of Norway are still standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely.(A) standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely(B) standing, demonstrating how wooden buildings, when they have sound design and maintenance, can last indefinitely(C)

SC's Question number - 665 , 666

2008-12-15T05:40:00.000-08:00

665). Some scientists have been critical of the laboratory tests conducted by the Federal Drug Administration on the grounds that the amounts of suspected carcinogens fed to animals far exceeds those that humans could consume.(A) far exceeds those that humans could consume(B) exceeds by far those humans can consume(C) far exceeds those humans are able to consume(D) exceed by far those able to be

SC's Question no - 667 , 668

2008-11-17T18:40:00.000-08:00

667). Spanning more than fifty years, Friedrich Muller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as a Sanskrit scholar and culminated in virtually every honor that European governments and learned societies could bestow.(A) Muller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as(B) Muller’s career began in an unpromising apprenticeship as(C) Muller’s career began with the unpromising

SC's Question number - 669 , 670

2008-11-11T17:52:00.000-08:00

669). Stable interest rates on long-term bonds are the financial market’s vote of confidence in the Federal Reserve keeping in control of inflation.(A) in the Federal Reserve keeping in control of inflation(B) that the Federal Reserve will keep inflation under control(C) for the Federal Reserve, that it would keep control of inflation(D) that inflation will be kept control of by the Federal (E)

SC's Question number - 671 , 672

2008-11-02T22:28:00.000-08:00

671). State officials report that soaring rates of liability insurance have risen to force cutbacks in the operations of everything from local governments and school districts to day-care centers and recreational facilities.(A) rates of liability insurance have risen to force(B) rates of liability insurance are a force for(C) rates for liability insurance are forcing(D) rises in liability

SC's Question number - 673 , 674

2008-10-19T20:59:00.000-07:00

673). Studies of circadian rhythms can be applied to problems ranging from chronic insomnia in frequent transcontinental air travelers to workers in all-night plants being inefficient.(A) to workers in all-night plants being inefficient(B) toward workers in all-night plants being inefficient(C) to workers in all-night plants who are inefficient(D) to combat worker inefficiency in all-night plants

SC's Question number - 675 , 676

2008-10-16T03:18:00.000-07:00

675). Studies show that young people with higher-than-average blood pressure and their families have a history of high blood pressure are more likely than others to develop a severe form of the condition.(A) and their families have a history of high blood pressure(B) whose families have a history of high blood pressure(C) and a history of high blood pressure runs in the family(D) whose families

SC's Question number - 677 , 678

2008-10-12T18:21:00.000-07:00

677). Sunspots, vortices of gas associated with strong electromagnetic activity, are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on the Sun’s poles or equator.(A) are visible as dark spots on the surface of the Sun but have never been sighted on(B) are visible as dark spots that never have been sighted on the surface of the Sun(C) appear on the surface of the Sun

SC's Question number - 679, 680

2008-10-11T00:22:00.000-07:00

679). Temporary-employment agencies benefit not only from the increasing demand for clerical workers but also the higher profits made when highly paid professionals are placed, requests for whom have increased in the recent wave of corporate takeovers.(A) the higher profits made when highly paid professionals are placed, requests for whom(B) the higher profits that are made in the placement of

SC's Question number - 681 , 682

2008-10-08T20:47:00.000-07:00

681). Textbooks for the used book sale should be in good condition and should have no writing in them or be underlined. (A) and should have no writing in them or be underlined (B) and should not have writing in them or not be underlined (C) and contain no writing or underlining (D) without containing writing nor be underlined (E) without having any writing or no underlining in them 682).

SC's Question number - 683, 684

2008-10-06T21:12:00.000-07:00

683). That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault: Alvin Toffler, one of the most prominent students of the future, did not even mention microcomputers in Future Shock, published in 1970.(A) That educators have not anticipated the impact of microcomputer technology can hardly be said that it is their fault(B) That educators

SC's Question number - 685 , 686

2008-10-06T20:42:00.000-07:00

685). The 19th-century proponents of the school of thought known as mechanism held that life process are not the products of some mysterious life force, but are the same chemical and physical processes that operate in inorganic systems, which is still a subject of debate between biologists today.(A) systems, which is still a subject of debate between(B) systems, which are still debated between(C)

SC's Question number - 687 , 688

2008-10-04T05:22:00.000-07:00

687). The airline industry is cutting its lowest discount fares more widely, more substantially, and earlier this year than it normally does at the end of the summer, a time during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of passengers.(A) during which travel usually decreases and the industry uses some lower fares for the attraction of(B) during

SC's Question number - 689 , 690

2008-10-03T23:39:00.000-07:00

689). The animosity between those who regulate and those who are regulated, never more pronounced than in recent debates over environmentalism and pollution control. (A) The animosity between those who regulate and those who are regulated, never (B) The animosity between those who regulate and those who are regulated, never being (C) The animosity between those who regulate and those who are

SC's Question no - 691, 692

2008-09-30T06:44:00.000-07:00

691). The aristocratic values expressed in the writings of Marguerite Yourcenar place her within the French classical tradition, as does her passionate interest in history, particularly Roman history.(A) as does(B) so do(C) as do(D) so is the case with(E) similarly, does692). The attorney turned down the law firm’s offer of a position because she suspected that it was meant merely to fill an

SC's Question number - 693, 694

2008-09-19T01:51:00.000-07:00

693). The Audubon Society and other conservation groups, concerned over what they have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as posed by the policies of the government, are preparing for a major political effort.(A) have perceived to be the serious threatening of the environment as(B) perceived as the serious threat to the environment as(C) perceive being the serious threat

SC's Question number - 695 , 696

2008-07-14T23:22:00.000-07:00

695). The average weekly wage nearly doubled in the 1970’s, rising from $114 to $220, yet the average worker ended the decade with a decrease in what their pay may buy. (A) with a decrease in what their pay may buy(B) with what was a decrease in what they were able to buy(C) having decreased that which they could buy(D) decreasing in purchasing power(E) with a decrease in purchasing power 696)

SC's Question number - 697 , 698

2008-07-13T22:38:00.000-07:00

697). The bank acknowledged that they are and will continue to experience difficulties as it attempts to deal with the precipitous fall of the dollar against the yen and the dislocations reflected in the stock market decline.(A) they are and will continue to experience difficulties as it attempts(B) they are and will continue to experience difficulties as they attempt(C) it is and will continue

SC's Question number - 699 , 700

2008-07-07T00:09:00.000-07:00

699). The black hole has entered the popular imagination as an object too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its gravitational pull.(A) too massive that neither light nor matter can escape its(B) too massive for either allowing light or matter to escape its(C) massive enough that either light or matter cannot escape their (D) so massive that neither light nor matter could escape

SC's Question number - 701 , 702

2008-05-13T23:34:00.000-07:00

701). The brain is something of a stimulus reduction system, a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite amount of stimuli that reach the senses at any given moment.(A) a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite amount(B) a means to reduce, in order to comprehend, the nearly infinite number(C) the means of reducing for comprehending the nearly infinite

SC's Question number - 703 , 704

2008-05-07T02:46:00.000-07:00

703). The British sociologist and activist Barbara Wootton once noted as a humorous example of income maldistribution that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning annually exactly what she then earned as director of adult education for London. (A) that the elephant that gave rides to children at the Whipsnade Zoo was earning (B) that the elephant, giving rides

SC's Question number - 705 , 706

2008-05-04T18:06:00.000-07:00

705). The cameras of the Voyager II spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling Uranus, which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting the distant planet.(A) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting(B) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known to orbit(C) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now

SC's Question number - 707 , 708

2008-05-02T00:21:00.000-07:00

707). The caterpillar of the geometrid moth strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, after capturing its prey, holds the victim so that it cannot escape. (A) strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, (B) striking when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, but(C) which strikes when special tactile hairs on its body are disturbed, (D) which,

SC's Question number - 709 , 710

2008-05-01T23:32:00.000-07:00

709). The Coast Guard recently redesigned channel markers in the Chesapeake Bay to accommodate large numbers of ospreys, whose huge nests formerly obstructed the lights.(A) numbers of ospreys, whose huge nests(B) numbers of ospreys, their huge nests(C) amounts of ospreys, the huge nests of which(D) nests of ospreys they(E) numbers of ospreys, and their huge nests710). The colorization of

SC's Question number - 711 , 712

2008-04-30T21:02:00.000-07:00

711). The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise. (A) it might have been expected for it to rise(B) it might have been expected to rise(C) it might have been expected that it should rise (D) its rise might have been expected(E) there might have been an

SC's Question number - 713 , 714

2008-04-30T09:17:00.000-07:00

713). The commission has directed advertisers to restrict the use of the word “natural” to foods that do not contain color or flavor additives, chemical preservatives, or nothing that has been synthesized. (A) or nothing that has been (B) or that has been(C) and nothing that is(D) or anything that has been (E) and anything 714). The commission proposed that funding for the park’s development

SC's Question number - 715 , 716

2008-04-30T08:40:00.000-07:00

715). The commission’s office of compliance, inspections, and investigations plans to intensify its scrutiny of stock analysts to investigate not only whether research is an independent function at brokerage firms, but also whether conflicts result when analysts own the stocks they write about or when they are paid for their work by a firm’s investment.(A) to investigate not only whether

SC's Question number - 717 , 718

2008-04-29T17:58:00.000-07:00

717). The company is negotiating to sell its profitable credit card subsidiary, which it plans to use money from to acquire some of the mortgage-servicing operations that are being sold by troubled savings institutions. (A) subsidiary, which it plans to use money from(B) subsidiary, from which it plans to use money(C) subsidiary, and it plans the use of money from that(D) subsidiary and plans to

SC's Question number - 719 , 720

2008-04-28T05:56:00.000-07:00

719). The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate(C) but it also has the

SC's Question number - 721 , 722

2008-04-28T05:11:00.000-07:00

721). The current administration, being worried over some foreign trade barriers being removed and our exports failing to increase as a result of deep cuts in the value of the dollar, has formed a group to study ways to sharpen our competitiveness.(A) being worried over some foreign trade barriers being removed and our exports failing(B) worrying over some foreign trade barriers being removed,

SC's Question number - 723 , 724

2008-04-28T04:47:00.000-07:00

723). The debate over bilingual education centers on the issue of whether the United States should foster the idea of single common language, an idea, some believe, that has in the past been crucial in binding diverse constituencies together.(A) been crucial in binding diverse constituencies together(B) been crucial as a binding together of diverse constituencies(C) been crucial to bind together

SC's Question number - 725 , 726

2008-04-26T22:36:00.000-07:00

725). The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a greater influence than any chief justice in history.(A) than any chief justice in history(B) historically than any other chief justice(C) than have those of any chief justice in history(D) in history as any other chief justice has had(E) than those of any other chief justice in history 726).The delinquency rates on

SC's Question number - 727 , 728

2008-04-26T22:02:00.000-07:00

727). The demand for airplane mechanics is expected to grow about ten percent a year in the next decade, largely because new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes and because the airlines are adding hundreds of new jets.(A) new federal rules calling for major modifications to older planes(B) new federal rules, which call for major modifications to older planes(C) new

SC's Question number - 729 , 730

2008-04-26T21:39:00.000-07:00

729). The development of a new jumbo rocket that is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration will be able to deliver a heavier load of instruments into orbit than the space shuttle and at a lower cost.(A) The development of a new jumbo rocket that is expected to carry the United States into its next phase of space exploration will be able to deliver a heavier

SC's Question number - 731 , 732

2008-04-24T04:36:00.000-07:00

731). The direction in which the Earth and the other solid planets—Mercury, Venus, and Mars—spins were determined from collisions with giant celestial bodies in the early history of the Solar System.(A) spins were determined from(B) spins were determined because of(C) spins was determined through(D) spin was determined by(E) spin was determined as a result of732). The distinctive

SC's Question number - 733 , 734

2008-04-24T01:18:00.000-07:00

733). The distribution of mass within the core of the Earth, like the mantle that surrounds the core, has been deduced from the orbital behavior of the Earth and the motions of satellites controlled by the gravity of the Earth. (A) the mantle that surrounds the core (B) that within the mantle surrounding the core (C) that of the mantle surrounding the core(D) the mantle the core surrounds(E)

SC's Question number - 735 , 736

2008-04-21T18:44:00.000-07:00

735). The earnings of women are well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing between the sexes.(A) well below that of men in spite of educational differences that are diminishing (B) much below that of men’s despite educational differences diminishing (C) much below men in spite of diminishing educational difference (D) well below those of men in spite of

SC's Question number - 737 , 738

2008-04-21T18:19:00.000-07:00

737). The efforts of the bipartisan committee were marked as much by frustration as it was by success.(A) as it was by(B) and also by(C) as by(D) and equally by(E) as there was738). The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an “artificial face.”(A) so unrealistic as to

SC's Question number - 739 , 740

2008-04-21T03:04:00.000-07:00

739). The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they were put on show.(A) excited(B) it excited(C) exciting(D) would excite(E) it had excited740). The endurance and consistency of baseball star Lou Gehrig, known as “The Iron Horse,” are

SC's Question number - 741 , 742

2008-04-21T02:38:00.000-07:00

741). The energy source on Voyager 2 is not a nuclear reactor, in which atoms are actively broken apart; rather a kind of nuclear battery that uses natural radioactive decay to produce power.(A) apart; rather(B) apart, but rather(C) apart, but rather that of(D) apart, but that of(E) apart; it is that of742). The evolution of the technology of microelectronics over the past decade has been so

Gmat Sentence Correction 115, 116, 117

2008-04-20T20:12:00.000-07:00

115). Ozone, a special form of oxygen that screens out harmful ultraviolet rays, reaches high concentrations twelve miles above Earth, where it has long appeared that it was immune from human influence; we have now realized, though, that emissions of industrial chlorofluorocarbons deplete the ozone layer.A) has long appeared that it was immune fromB) has long appeared to have been immune fromC)

SC's Question number - 743 , 744

2008-04-20T19:40:00.000-07:00

743). The exhibition of art from Nubians, the site of a Black civilization that goes back to the fourth millennium B.C., makes clear the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that of sub-Saharan Africa. (A) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that (B) that the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt to that (C) the Nubians combined artistic elements from Egypt

SC's Question number - 745 , 746

2008-04-15T03:53:00.000-07:00

745). The expected rise in the price of oil could be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have an economy free of inflation. (A) be a serious impact to industrialized nations and severely diminish the possibility to have (B) seriously impact on industrialized nations and severely impede the possibility to have (C) seriously impact on

SC's Question number - 747 , 748

2008-04-14T00:18:00.000-07:00

747). The fastest of mammals, cheetah’s bodies are geared to accelerate from one to forty miles per hour in less than two seconds and reach speeds of seventy miles per hour. (A) The fastest of mammals, cheetah’s bodies are geared to (B) The fastest of mammals, the body of cheetah’s bodies is able to (C) Faster than other mammals, the body of the cheetah is geared to(D) The fastest of

SC's Question number - 749 , 750

2008-04-13T23:52:00.000-07:00

749). The federal government requires hospitals to tell a Medicare patient of their legal right of challenge their discharge if they feel they are being sent home prematurely.(A) hospitals to tell a Medicare patient of their(B) hospitals to tell Medicare patients that they have a(C) hospitals to tell Medicare patients that there is a(D) that hospitals tell a Medicare patient of their(E) that

SC's Question number - 751 , 752

2008-04-10T22:15:00.000-07:00

751). The Federalist papers, a strong defense of the United States Constitution and important as a body of work in political science as well, represents the handiwork of three different authors.(A) and important as a body of work in political science as well, represents (B) as well as an important body of work in political science, represent (C) and also a body of work of importance in

SC's Question number - 753 , 754

2008-04-09T06:56:00.000-07:00

753). The filibuster, a parliamentary device that slows the snail’s pace that prevails even in the best of times in congressional sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems more and more an anachronism in the age of telecommunications.(A) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone associated with it, seems(B) sessions and tests the endurance of everyone who is

SC's Question number - 755 , 756

2008-04-07T23:41:00.000-07:00

755). The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants. (A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign (B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing (C) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether or not they sign(D) conversion to

SC's Question number - 757 , 758

2008-04-06T22:32:00.000-07:00

757). The Forbidden City in Beijing, from which the emperors ruled by heavenly mandate, was a site which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission, on pain of death. (A) which a commoner or foreigner could not enter without any permission, (B) which a commoner or foreigner could enter without any permission only (C) which no commoner or foreigner could enter without

SC's Question number - 759 , 760

2008-04-06T22:07:00.000-07:00

759). The Gorton-Dodd bill requires that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks.(A) that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from deposited checks(B) a bank to disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from a deposited check(C) that a bank disclose to its customers how

SC's Question number - 761 , 762

2008-04-06T21:07:00.000-07:00

761). The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has all but eliminated the cost advantage of owning a house in many rural communities.(A) The growing demand for housing, traffic congestion, and longer commuting trips has(B) Traffic congestion, the growing demand for housing, and longer commuting trips has(C) Longer commuting trips, traffic congestion, and the

SC's Question number - 763 , 764

2008-04-06T05:33:00.000-07:00

763). The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.(A) even a greater significance for the economy than(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than(C) even greater significance for the economy than have(D) even greater significance for the economy than do(E) a

SC's Question number - 765 , 766

2008-04-02T03:01:00.000-07:00

765). The herbicide Oryzalin was still being produced in 1979, three years after the wives of workers producing the chemical in Rensselaer, New York, were found to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was normal. (A) to have borne children with heart defects or miscarriages, and none of their pregnancies was (B) to have had children born with

SC's Question number - 767 , 768

2008-04-01T01:16:00.000-07:00

767). The increased popularity and availability of televisions has led to the decline of regional dialects, language variations which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated by geographic isolation.(A) which originate from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated(B) that originated from diverse ethnic and cultural heritages and perpetuated(C) originated

SC's Question number - 769 , 770

2008-04-01T00:48:00.000-07:00

769). The Iroquois were primarily planters, but supplementing their cultivation of maize, squash, and beans with fishing and hunting.(A) but supplementing(B) and had supplemented(C) and even though they supplemented(D) although they supplemented( E) but with supplementing770). The key to control over the Eurasian steppes lay in the nomad’s ability to use the horse both as a means of transport but

SC's Question number - 771 , 772

2008-03-30T19:28:00.000-07:00

771). The labor agreement permits staff reductions through attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up.(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process(C) attrition,

SC's Question number - 773 , 774

2008-03-30T19:00:00.000-07:00

773). The last “wild” Indian in North America, according to anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, was the lone survivor of California’s lost Yahi tribe, which staggered out of the mountains near Lassen Peak in 1912, deep in mourning for the last of his companions, expecting to be butchered and eaten by white ranchers.(A) which(B) who(C) that(D) the survivor having(E) having774). The lawyer for the

SC's Question number - 775 , 776

2008-03-30T18:37:00.000-07:00

775). The main reasons for the phenomenal growth of agribusiness over the last fifteen years are because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks on produce imported from other states, and decreased competition from developers.(A) because of elevated land prices, the basing of retail marketing networks(B) a result of elevated land prices, retail marketing networks based(C)

SC's Question number - 777 , 778

2008-03-28T01:26:00.000-07:00

777). The man was always aware, sometimes proudly and sometimes resentfully, that he was a small-town Midwesterner who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him.(A) who was thrust into a world that was dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than him(B) who had been thrust into a world that was dominated

SC's Question number - 779 , 780

2008-03-28T01:08:00.000-07:00

779). The metabolic rate of sharks is low compared with the rates of most other fishes.(A) with the rates of most other fishes(B) to most other fishes’ rate(C) to that of rates for most other fishes(D) to most other fishes(E) with most other fishes780). The mistakes children make in learning to speak tell linguists more about how they learn language than the correct forms they use.(A) how they

SC's Question number - 781 , 782

2008-03-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

781). The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.(A) The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.(B) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980’s, will cost

SC's Question number - 783 , 784

2008-03-26T21:25:00.000-07:00

783). The most favorable locations for the growth of glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes, where there is abundant precipitation and where it is cold enough to allow some snow to accumulate year by year.(A) glaciers, rather than being the cold, dry polar regions, would be instead the cool, moist middle latitudes(B) glaciers are

SC's Question number - 785 , 786

2008-02-12T00:45:00.000-08:00

785). The National Labor Relations Act expressly forbids unions from engaging in secondary boycotts against companies not directly involved in a labor dispute. (A) unions from engaging in (B) the engagement by unions of (C) unions to engage in (D) unions from becoming engaged with (E) that unions engage upon786). The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended the use of fail-safe

SC's Question number - 787 , 788

2008-02-11T23:59:00.000-08:00

787). The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.(A) The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus.(B) To the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote two letters, being the only eyewitness accounts

SC's Question number - 789 , 790

2008-02-02T20:33:00.000-08:00

789). The new regulations mandate that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue the same insurance at their own expense for a specified period. (A) that a company allows their retiring employees who would otherwise lose group health care coverage to continue (B) companies to allow their retiring employees who would otherwise lose

SC's Question number - 791 , 792

2008-01-31T01:31:00.000-08:00

791). The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.(A) increased by more than twice(B) increased more than two times(C) more than doubled(D) was more than doubled(E) had more than doubled792). The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants

SC's Question number - 793 , 794

2008-01-30T02:08:00.000-08:00

793). The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are spoken by a majority of the population. (A) The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are (B) The official languages are of India, Hindi, and of Pakistan, Urdu, but neither is (C) Officially, the languages are Hindi for India and for Pakistan, Urdu, but neither are (D)

SC's Question number - 795 , 796

2008-01-30T01:46:00.000-08:00

795). The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot them(C) for them to be processed quickly into juice

SC's Question number - 797 , 798

2008-01-25T01:52:00.000-08:00

797). The original building and loan associations were organized as limited life funds, whose members made monthly payments on their share subscriptions, then taking turns drawing on the funds for home mortgages.(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

SC's Question number - 799 , 800

2008-01-24T05:29:00.000-08:00

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

SC's Question number - 801 , 802

2008-01-24T01:55:00.000-08:00

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

SC's Question number - 803 , 804

2008-01-22T23:23:00.000-08:00

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.(A) has been established by carbon-14 dating, but what is

SC's Question number - 805 , 806

2008-01-20T23:32:00.001-08:00

805). The plot of The Bostonians centers on the rivalry between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, with her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom, when they find themselves drawn to the same radiant young woman whose talent for public speaking has won her an ardent following.(A) rivalry between Olive Chancellor, an active feminist, with her charming and cynical cousin, Basil Ransom(B)

SC's Question number - 807 , 808

2008-01-20T23:31:00.003-08:00

807). The prime lending rate is a key rate in the economy: not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on a growing number of consumer loans, including home equity loans.(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

SC's Question number - 809 , 810

2008-01-20T23:31:00.001-08:00

809). The proposed urban development zones do not represent a new principle; it was employed in “Operation Bootstrap” in Puerto Rico. (A) do not represent a new principle; it (B) represent not a new principle, but one that (C) are not a new principle; the same one (D) are not a new principle, but one that (E) are not new in principle; it 810). The prospect of a new wave of automobile imports

SC's Question number - 811 , 812

2008-01-09T00:57:00.000-08:00

811). The psychologist William James believed that facial expressions not only provide a visible sign of an emotion, actually contributing to the feeling itself. (A) emotion, actually contributing to the feeling itself (B) emotion but also actually contributing to the feeling itself (C) emotion but also actually contribute to the feeling itself (D) emotion; they also actually contribute to

SC's Question number - 813 , 814

2008-01-08T17:42:00.000-08:00

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 of814). The recent surge in the number of

SC's Question number - 815 , 816

2008-01-02T18:46:00.000-08:00

815). The record of the past is always incomplete, and the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects the preoccupations of their own time.(A) the historian who writes about it inevitably reflects(B) the historian writing about it will inevitably reflect(C) a historian writing about it inevitably reflects(D) writing about it, it is inevitable for historians to reflect(E) historians in

SC's Question number - 817 , 818

2008-01-02T17:59:00.000-08:00

817. The report on the gross national product—the nation’s total production of goods and services—showed that second-quarter inflation was somewhat lower than a previous estimation and the savings rate slightly higher(A) a previous estimation and the savings rate slightly higher(B) a previous estimation and with a slightly higher savings rate(C) a previous estimate and that the savings rate is

GMAT Sentence Correction 113, 114

2007-12-23T22:34:00.000-08:00

113). Scientists have recently discovered what could be the largest and oldest living organism on Earth, a giant fungus that is an interwoven filigree of mushrooms and rootlike tentacles spawned by a single fertilized spore some 10,000 years ago and extending for more than 30 acres in the soil of a Michigan forest. (A) extending (B) extends (C) extended (D) it extended (E) is extending114).

SC's Question number - 819 , 820

2007-12-20T17:40:00.000-08:00

819. The residents’ opposition to the spraying program has rekindled an old debate among those who oppose the use of pesticides and those who feel that the pesticides are necessary to save the trees. (A) among those who oppose the use of pesticides and (B) between those who oppose the use of pesticides and (C) among those opposing the use of pesticides with (D)

SC's Question number - 821 , 822

2007-12-20T17:10:00.000-08:00

821. The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost. (A) The rising of costs (B) Rising costs (C) The rising cost (D) Because the rising cost (E) Because of rising costs822. The root systems of most flowering perennials either become too

SC's Question number - 823 , 824

2007-11-14T01:50:00.000-08:00

823). The Rorschzch test is gaining new respect as a diagnostic tool because it takes only one hour to expose behavior and thought processes that may be unlikely to emerge in other procedures or weeks of ordinary interviewing(A) that may be unlikely to emerge in other procedures or weeks of ordinary interviewing(B) whose emergence is unlikely in other procedures or weeks of ordinary interviews(C)

SC's Question number - 825 , 826

2007-11-12T22:53:00.000-08:00

825). The sale of government surplus machinery will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts. (A) will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until the supply lasts (B) begins at 9 a.m., continuing until the supply lasts (C) will begin at 9 a.m. and, until the supply lasts, will continue (D) begins at 9 a.m. and, as long as the supply may last, it continues (E) will begin at 9 a.m. and

SC's Question number - 827 , 828

2007-11-12T22:29:00.000-08:00

827). The science of economics, which for four decades was dominated by Keynesians, who at first stressed the government's role in stimulating the economy, but who were ultimately led away from solutions based on government intervention. (A) economics, which for four decades was (B) economics that was to be (C) economics, one which has, for four decades, been (D) economics is one that for

SC's Question number - 829 , 830

2007-11-12T06:03:00.000-08:00

829). The speculative fever of the Roaring Twenties infected rich and poor alike; vast quantities of people were dangerously overextended, credit was absurdly easy to obtain, and most brokerage houses required only ten percent cash for stocks bought on "margin" (A) rich and poor alike; vast quantities of people were dangerously over extended (B) both rich and poor alike; large amounts of

SC's Question number - 831 , 832

2007-11-12T05:47:00.000-08:00

831). The study undertaken by Department of the Interior will involve examination and tagging of the California condor in order to obtain information about their daily movements, foraging habits, and sites where they nest (A) their daily movements, foraging habits, and sites where they nest (B) their daily movements, foraging habits, and their nesting sites (C) its daily movements, foraging

SC's Question number - 833 , 834

2007-11-12T05:29:00.000-08:00

833). The Supreme Court's concern with legitimacy is not for the sake of the court but the nation to which it is responsible. (A) but the nation to which it is responsible (B) but for the sake of the nation to which it is responsible (C) so much as the nation it is responsible to (D) as the nation it is responsible to (E) but the nation834). The suspect in the burglary was advised of his

SC's Question number - 835 , 836

2007-11-09T02:41:00.000-08:00

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

SC's Question number - 837 , 838

2007-11-09T02:16:00.000-08:00

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

SC's Question number - 839 , 840

2007-11-07T04:15:00.000-08:00

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

SC's Question number - 841 , 842

2007-11-06T18:28:00.000-08:00

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. (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