GMAT GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Verbal: Sentence Correction

Question 1

Which version of the underlined portion is grammatically correct: 'The committee [have reached their / has reached its] decision unanimously'?

Accepted Answer

has reached its

Answer

In American English, collective nouns like 'committee' take singular verbs and singular pronouns.

Question 2

Identify the error: 'Neither the manager nor the employees was informed about the restructuring plan.'

Accepted Answer

'was' should be 'were'

Answer

With 'neither…nor,' the verb agrees with the subject closest to it; since 'employees' is plural, the verb must be 'were.'

Question 3

Which revision corrects the dangling modifier: 'Running quickly down the hall, the briefcase was forgotten by the executive'?

Accepted Answer

Running quickly down the hall, the executive forgot the briefcase.

Answer

A participial phrase must logically modify the sentence's subject; 'the executive' must be the subject so the phrase correctly describes who was running.

Question 4

Which version maintains proper parallel structure: 'The new policy requires ___'?

Accepted Answer

cutting costs, increasing efficiency, and raising revenue

Answer

Parallel structure requires all items in a series to use the same grammatical form; here all three must be gerunds (-ing forms).

Question 5

Which sentence correctly uses the idiom involving 'different'?

Accepted Answer

The outcome was different from what the analysts predicted.

Answer

Standard American English requires 'different from' when followed by a noun or noun clause.

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GMAT GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Verbal: Sentence Correction