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Sentence Correction Test 3

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Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

M. F Hussain, the famous Indian painter, credited beautiful faces with having had a strong influence on his work.

  1. with having had

  2. for it’s having

  3. to have had

  4. for having

  5. in that it had

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

(A): Only A is correct because the idiom in English is to credit something “with”. Both “for” and “to” can be used idiomatically when credit is a noun as in “M. F Hussain gave credit ‘to’ beautiful faces ‘for’ having a strong influence on his work”.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Astonished and terrified, I go to my office, fall down in the chair and howled.

  1. Astonished and terrified, I go to my office, fall down in the chair and howled

  2. I go to my office, fall down in the chair and howled, astonished and terrified

  3. Astonished and terrified, I went to my office, fall down in the chair and cried

  4. Cried, fell down in the chair, I go to my office, astonished and terrified

  5. Astonished and terrified, I went to my office, fell down in the chair and howled

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

(E): The problem is of faulty parallelism. In all the options; (A), (B), (C) and (D) except (E) unnecessary Verb tense shifts are made.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Of all the literary forms, the book review is the one most widely cultivated and less often esteemed.

  1. the book review is the one most widely cultivated and less often esteemed

  2. the book review is the one of the most widely cultivated and less often esteemed

  3. the book review is the one which is the most widely cultivated and is often esteemed the least

  4. the book reviews the one most widely cultivated and least often esteemed

  5. the book review is the one most widely cultivated and least often esteemed

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

(E): The comparison is made amongst all the literary forms. So superlative degree will be used. Options (A) and (B) are wrong because they do not use superlative degree. (C) is unnecessarily verbose and (D) option completely changes the meaning of the sentence by using the verb 'reviews'.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

The calculator were developed by General Motors, who not satisfied with giving the world a Cadillac, now dream of bringing perfect understanding to men.

  1. The calculator were developed by General Motors, who not satisfied with giving the world a Cadillac

  2. The calculator were developed, who, not satisfied with giving the world a Cadillac, made by General Motors

  3. The calculator was developed by General Motors, who, not satisfied with giving the world a Cadillac

  4. The calculator were developed by General Motors, which, not satisfied with giving the world a Cadillac

  5. The General motors, were not satisfied with giving the world a Cadillac, developed a calculator

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C): The problem lies in identifying the right subject. The subject is not 'General Motors' which though singular might be taken as plural as in option (A). The Subject - Verb agreement in the first clause is wrong. The right subject is singular 'calculator', so singular verb 'was' will be used. In options (B) and (E) clumsy phrasing has been done. Option (D) uses the wrong pronoun 'which'.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
One cannot easily realize what a tremendous thing it is to know every trivial detail of twelve hundreds miles of river and know it with absolute exactness.

  1. what a tremendous thing it is to know every trivial detail of twelve hundreds miles of river

  2. such a tremendous thing it is to know every trivial detail of twelve hundreds miles

  3. what a tremendous thing it is to know every trivial detail of twelve hundred miles river

  4. what a tremendous thing it is to know every trivial details of twelve hundred miles of river

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C): Whenever a unit of measurement indicates a specific quantity and is immediately followed by a plural noun. We use it in singular. Hence options (A), (B) and (E) are incorrect. Option (D) lacks agreement, with indefinite pronoun we use noun in the singular form “detail”.

Directions: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Undoubtedly, the writer of history can enrich his mind and broaden his literary experience as well as better their craftsmanship by their choice of leisure reading.

  1. can enrich his mind and broaden his literary experience as well as better their craftsmanship by their choice of leisure reading

  2. can enrich their mind and broaden their literary experience and better their craftsmanship by his choice of leisure reading

  3. by his choice of leisure reading, can enrich their mind and broaden their literary experience and better their craftsmanship

  4. can enrich his mind and broaden his literary experience as well as better his craftsmanship by his choice of leisure reading

  5. can result into enrichment of his mind and broadening of his literary experience as well as the betterment of his craftsmanship by his choice and liking of leisure reading

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(D): The problem is of faulty parallelism. Options (A), (B) and (C) make unnecessary pronoun shifts. The pronoun used should be singular as it refers to the singular subject ‘writer’. Option (E) is too verbose.

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Almost every English or American writer of distinction are indebted to Shakespeare and the English Bible.

  1. Almost every English or American writer of distinction are indebted to Shakespeare and the English Bible

  2. Almost everyone English or American writer of distinction is indebted to Shakespeare and the English Bible

  3. Indebted to the Shakespeare and the English Bible is almost every English or American writer

  4. The Shakespeare and the English Bible is indebted to almost every English or American writer with distinction

  5. Almost every English or American writer of distinction is indebted to Shakespeare and the English Bible.

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

(E): The problem lies in the Pronoun and Verb agreement. With the indefinite pronoun 'Every' we make use of singular verb. Option (B) uses wrong indefinite pronoun 'everyone'. Option (C), places the article 'the' before the name of a person; 'Shakespeare' which is wrong. While option (D) changes the original sense conveyed in the sentence.

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

The book is divided into three main sections, the first dealing in eight chapters with various modern phases of oceanic biology, the second part pictured the dynamics of waves and the last three discussing man and the sea about him.

  1. the first dealing in eight chapters with various modern phases of oceanic biology, the second part pictured the dynamics of waves and the last three discussing man and the sea about him

  2. the first dealing in eight chapters with various modern phases of oceanic biology, the second part pictured the dynamics of waves and the last three discussed man and sea about him

  3. the first dealt in eight chapters with various modern phases of oceanic biology, the second part pictured the dynamics of waves and the last three discussed man and the sea about him

  4. the first dealing in eight chapters with various modern phases of oceanic biology, the second part picturing the dynamics of waves and the last three discussing man and the sea about him

  5. the first deals in eight chapters with various modern phases of oceanic biology, the second part pictures the dynamics of waves and the last three discussing man and the sea about him

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(4): The problem lies in faulty parallelism. Options (A), (B) and (E) do not state the functions of the three sections in the same Verb tense. Option (C) states them in the same verb tense but it uses the past tense, while present tense is used in the previous clause.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices. Rarely has the soul of the sea been so adequately fathomed or its thousand faces so delightfully pictured as Rachel Carson has done in her latest book, “The sea around us”.

  1. Rarely has the soul of the sea been so adequately fathomed or its thousand faces so delightfully pictured

  2. Rarely has the soul of the sea been too adequately fathomed or pictures its thousand faces so delightfully

  3. Rarely the soul of the sea fathoms adequately or its thousand faces so delightfully pictured

  4. The soul of the sea rarely have so adequately fathomed or it's thousand faces, so delightfully pictured

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

(A): The (A) choice is absolutely correct, as it maintains parallelism. Options (B) and (C) are not parallel because of verb tense shift. While, there is Subject-Verb agreement problem in (D) and (E) options. Note: Wrong apostrophe usage is also done in the (D) option.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

When you do, instead of read about a thing, it sometimes results into new inventions and discoveries.

  1. it sometimes results into new inventions and discoveries

  2. you sometimes find out new inventions and discoveries

  3. new inventions and discoveries are revealed to you

  4. it sometimes reveals new strengths and weaknesses

  5. new inventions and discoveries are seen sometimes

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(B): The sentence begins with you, so the subject of the main clause should also be 'You'.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

The documented source paper in which students investigate an assigned or chosen subject require the restatement of material from a number of pieces of writing.

  1. students investigate an assigned or chosen subject require the restatement of material from a number of pieces of writing

  2. student investigate an assigned or chosen subject requires the restatement

  3. students investigate an assigned or chosen subject requires the restatement

  4. the chosen subject require the restatement, students investigate an assigned

  5. requires the restatement, students investigate an assigned or chosen subject

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C): The problem is of Subject - Verb agreement. The correct subject is 'documented source paper' which is singular, so singular verb will be used. In options (D) and (E) the phrasing does not makes any sense.

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the Gujarat earthquake last year were constructed in violation of the city’s building code.

  1. Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the Gujarat earthquake last year

  2. Some buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the Gujarat earthquake last year had been

  3. Some buildings that the earthquake destroyed and heavily damaged last year in Gujarat have been

  4. Last year the Gujarat earthquake destroyed or heavily damaged some buildings that have been

  5. Last year some of the buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the Gujarat earthquake had been

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(2): Choices A and C illogically state that some buildings were destroyed and damaged; “or” is needed to indicate that the buildings suffered either of the fate. The tense ”were” fails to indicate that the buildings were constructed before the earthquake occurred. Thus “had been” is the right tense. E suggests that the construction took place last year and not the earthquake.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

For an Indian woman, imminent motherhood is not only personal fulfilment of an old wish, and an event in which the culture confirm her status as a renewer of the race.

  1. and an event in which the culture confirm her status as a renewer of the race

  2. event in which the culture confirms her status as a renewer of the race

  3. but an event in which the culture confirm her status as a renewer of the race

  4. an event in which the culture confirms the renewal of her status

  5. but an event in which the culture confirms her status as a renewer of the race

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

(E): The correct conjunction after 'not only' should be 'but'. The noun culture is treated as singular, so singular verb 'confirms' should be used. Option (D) completely distorts the meaning being conveyed in the actual sentence.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
Steam was billowing from under the crumpled bonnet; Hedwig was shrieked in terror, golf - ball sized lump was throbbing on Harry's head, where he had hit the windscreen.

  1. Hedwig was shrieked in terror, golf-ball sized lump was throbbing

  2. Hedwig is shrieked in terror, golf-ball sized lump is throbbing

  3. Hedwig shrieked in terror, golf-ball sized lump was throbbing

  4. Hedwig was shrieking in terror, golf-ball sized lump was throbbing

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(D): The problem lies in faulty parallelism. All the verb tense forms are in 'ing' form in the (D) option.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
The term moksha has been variously taken to mean self - realization, transcendental, salvation, a release from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'.

  1. self - realization, transcendental, salvation, a release from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'

  2. self-realizing, transcendental, salvation, a release from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'

  3. self-realization, transcendence, salvation, releasing from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'

  4. self-realization, transcendence, salvation, a release from worldly involvement, from 'coming' and 'going'

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(D): The problem is of faulty parallelism. All the meanings are stated in the noun form in the (D) option.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices. They all agreed on one thing that the quality of sweaters were not good enough to be sold in foreign market.

  1. one thing that the quality of sweaters were not good enough

  2. one thing that the quality of sweaters were not enough good

  3. one thing that the quality of sweaters was not good enough

  4. one thing that the qualities of sweaters was not enough good

  5. good enough was not the quality of sweaters

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C): The correct phrase usage is 'good enough'. Secondly, the correct subject is 'quality' and not 'sweaters', so singular verb will be used.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

Small and quiet, Ron’s presence often goes unnoticed by teachers in the class.

  1. Small and quiet, Ron’s presence often goes unnoticed

  2. Being small and quiet, Ron’s presence often goes unnoticed

  3. As Ron is small and quiet, his presence often goes unnoticed

  4. Ron is small and quiet and his presence often goes unnoticed

  5. Ron, being small and quiet, his presence often goes unnoticed

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

(C): It’s Ron who is small and quiet and not his presence. Thus, A and B are wrong, D changes the meaning and E is very wordy and awkward.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

This year I will try and make project as well or better than anyone else in the office.

  1. try and make project as well or better

  2. try to make my project as well as or better

  3. try to make my project as well or better

  4. try to give my project as well or better

  5. try to do my project as good or better

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(B): The correct idiom to be used is; 'try to' and since a comparison is made we will use; 'as well as'.

Direction: The following sentence tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined. Five ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choice 1 repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice 1; if not, select one of the other choices.

The first greater misery is the falling of the seed in vain, and the second is my childlessness, the greatest sorrow of all.

  1. The first greater misery is the falling of the seed in vain, and the second is my childlessness

  2. The first greatest misery is the falling of the seed in vain, and the second is my childlessness

  3. The first greatest miseries is the falling of the seed in vain, and second is my childlessness

  4. Falling of the seed in vain is first greatest misery, and second is my childlessness

  5. The first great miseries is the falling of the seed in vain, and second greatest one is my childlessness

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

(2): Superlative degree will be used as we are stating the first greatest misery out of all other miseries. The ordinals like first, second etc. are used with superlative degree only. (5) option is wrong due to the incorrect phrasing done.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.

One of the main difficulty in trying to arrive at a psychological understating of states like moksha is terminological.

  1. One of the main difficulty in trying to arrive at a psychological understating of states

  2. One of the principal difficulty in arriving at a psychological understanding of states

  3. Trying to arrive at a psychological understanding of states is one of the main difficulty

  4. One of the main difficulties in trying to arrive at a psychological understanding of states

  5. In trying to arrive with a psychological understanding of states is one of the main difficulties

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(D): With the 'one of the' subject, the noun used is always plural as we are talking about one out of many. In option (E) wrong preposition 'with' is used.

Direction: The following sentence test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
I am both scared and bewildered by his ability to make such important decisions as studying abroad, without any consultation with his parents.

  1. I am both scared and bewildered by his ability

  2. I both am scared and bewildered by his ability

  3. I am both scared or bewildered by his ability

  4. I am both scared of and bewildered by his ability

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

(D): The problem lies in faulty parallelism. The correlatives “both ……… and” should be followed by parallel words. Same sentence structure should be used before (B). Note that option (E) makes use of incorrect preposition 'by' with adjective 'scared'.

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