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Sentence Correction - 4

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Although aspirin irritates the stomach, it can be avoided if the aspirin tablet is given a coating that will not dissolve until the tablet reaches the intestine.

  1. Although aspirin irritates the stomach, it

  2. The irritation of the stomach caused by aspirin

  3. The fact that aspirin causes irritation of the stomach

  4. Aspirin causes stomach irritation, although it

  5. Aspirin irritates the stomach, which


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of sentence formation. 'Irritating somebody/something' and 'causing irritation' are two different things.

Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.

  1. Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are

  2. Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,

  3. Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, but there are

  4. Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, and there are also


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of redundancy. No need of connjunction 'although'. The two clauses are correctly connected together by conjunction 'and'.

Although films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills, in reality these gregarious creatures live in stable groups that occupy the same territory for long periods.

  1. films about the American West depict coyotes as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills

  2. in films about the American West coyotes are depicted to be solitary animals that howl mournfully on the tops of distant hills

  3. coyotes are depicted as solitary animals howling mournfully on the tops of distant hills in films about the American West

  4. films about the American West depict coyotes as if they were solitary, mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills

  5. films about the American West depict coyotes to be solitary and mournfully howling animals on the tops of distant hills


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The underlined part is perfectly fine.

Although fruit can no longer grow once it is picked, it continues for some time to respire, taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide, similar to the way human beings breathe.

  1. similar to the way human beings breathe

  2. similarly to human beings who are breathing

  3. just like the breathing of human beings

  4. as human beings when breathing

  5. just as human beings do when they breathe


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

To refer to the similarity of action, we use 'just as'.

Although early soap operas were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's, they had moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's when the evening schedule became crowded with comedians and variety shows.

  1. were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's, they had moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's

  2. were first aired on evening radio in the 1920's, they were moved to the daytime hours in the 1930's

  3. were aired first on evening radio in the 1920's, moving to the daytime hours in the 1930's

  4. were aired first in the evening on 1920's radio, they moved to the daytime hours of the 1930's


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of tense usage. 'Had' is generally used in past perfect tense (in active voice), which is not the case here. The second clause is the case of passive voice in past simple tense. Option 2 best expresses the same.

Although it claims to delve into political issues, television can be superficial such as when each of the three major networks broadcast exactly the same statement from a political candidate.

  1. superficial such as when each of the three major networks

  2. superficial, as can sometimes occur if all of the three major networks

  3. superficial if the three major networks all

  4. superficial whenever each of the three major networks

  5. superficial, as when the three major networks each


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is a conditional sentence. Option 5 best expresses the implied condition.

Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

  1. Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.

  2. Although he is as gifted, if not more gifted, than many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and with his poetry remaining unpublished.

  3. Although he is as gifted as, if not more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

  4. Despite his being gifted, if not more gifted than his colleagues, he is extremely modest and will not publish his poetry.

  5. Being a gifted as, or more gifted than, many of his colleagues, he is extremely modest and his poetry is unpublished.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error of tense usage. Present simple tense takes future simple tense in a compound sentence.

Although it was expected that workers under forty would show hostility to the plan, the research report indicates that both younger and the older people approve of governmental appropriations for Social Security.

  1. younger and the older people

  2. younger people and the older

  3. the younger and the older people

  4. younger and older people

  5. people who are younger and those who are older


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of article (the) usage. Option 4 corrects the same.

Although just inside the orbit of Jupiter, amateur astronomers with good telescopes should be able to see the comet within the next few weeks.

  1. Although just inside the orbit of

  2. Although it is just inside the orbit of

  3. Just inside the orbit of

  4. Orbiting just inside

  5. Having orbited just inside


Correct Option: B

Although it was once funded entirely by the government, the Victoria and Albert Museum was one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from corporations and private donors and to increase income by increasing attendance.

  1. one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from

  2. one of Britain's first national museums seeking support of

  3. among Britain's first national museums to seek support of

  4. among the first of Britain's national museums to seek support from


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Error of sentence formation. We never use double possessive. So, 'among the first of Britain's national museums' is the correct option.

Although many art patrons can readily differentiate a good debenture from an undesirable one, they are much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and fakes.

  1. much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and

  2. far less expert in distinguishing good paintings from poor ones, authentic art from

  3. much less expert when it comes to distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art from

  4. far less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and

  5. far less the expert when it comes to distinguishing between good painting, poor ones, authentic art, and


Correct Option: B

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.

  1. that the figures for average income and unemployment show as wide of

  2. that average-income and unemployment figures show as wide

  3. that the average-income and unemployment figures are showing as wide of

  4. of average-income and unemployment figures that show as wide of

  5. of figures for average income and unemployment showing as wide


Correct Option: B

Although Ms. Bakara had previously emphasized that she could not speak for other Black people, she ventured to do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would agree with her.

  1. do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would agree

  2. speak on this one occasion since she firmly believed that many minority people, likely most, would have agreed

  3. so speak on this one occasion due to her firmly believing that many minority people, even most, would likely agree

  4. do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, if not most, would agree

  5. do so on this one occasion since she firmly believed many minority people, and even most, would likely agree


Correct Option: D

Although schistosomiasis is not often fatal, it is so debilitating that it has become an economic drain on many developing countries.

  1. it is so debilitating that it has become an economic

  2. it is of such debilitation, it has become an economical

  3. so debilitating is it as to become an economic

  4. such is its debilitation, it becomes an economical

  5. there is so much debilitation that it has become an economical


Correct Option: A

Although one link in the chain was demonstrated to be weak, but not sufficiently so to require the recall of the automobile.

  1. demonstrated to be weak, but not sufficiently so to require

  2. demonstrated as weak, but it was not sufficiently so that it required

  3. demonstrably weak, but not sufficiently so to require

  4. demonstrably weak, it was not so weak as to require

  5. demonstrably weak, it was not weak enough that it required


Correct Option: D

Although partially destroyed, the archaeologists were able to infer from what remained of the inscription that the priest Zonainos was buried in the crypt.

  1. Although partially destroyed, the archaeologists were able to infer

  2. Although partially destroyed, the archaeologists had inferred

  3. Although it had been partially destroyed, the archaeologists were able to infer

  4. Partially destroyed though it had been, the archaeologists had been able to infer

  5. Destroyed partially, the archaeologists were able to infer


Correct Option: C

Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.

  1. while being an adolescent

  2. while in adolescence

  3. at the time of her being adolescent

  4. as being in adolescence

  5. as an adolescent


Correct Option: E

Although some officials noted that using machines for farming in China costs more than traditional hand cultivation, the mechanization of farming in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield while the previous year's costs were cut in half.

  1. mechanization of farming in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield while the previous year's costs were cut in half

  2. mechanization of farming in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield while cutting costs to half those of the previous year

  3. mechanization of farming in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield as cost were cut to half of the previous year's

  4. farming mechanization in the village of Long Bow doubled the corn yield as it cut in half the previous year's costs


Correct Option: B

Although the coordination of monetary policy can help facilitate the orderly financing of existing imbalances, it is unlikely that its effect on their size is significant in the absence of an appropriate fiscal adjustment.

  1. it is unlikely that its effect on their size is significant

  2. it is unlikely that the size of their effect would be significant

  3. affecting their sizes are not likely to be significant

  4. the significance of their effect on its size is unlikely

  5. its effect on their size is not likely to be significant


Correct Option: E

Although the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, control of them is necessary only in the South.

  1. the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, control of them is

  2. widely distributed, measures to control the lesser cornstalk borer are

  3. widely distributed, lesser cornstalk borer control is

  4. the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, measures to control it are

  5. it is widely distributed, control of the lesser cornstalk borer is


Correct Option: D

Although the bite of brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its poison.

  1. brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its

  2. brown recluse spiders are rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds and pose the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to their

  3. the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, it causes chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to their

  4. the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, it causes chronic flesh wounds and poses the greatest danger to infants and the elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its

  5. the brown recluse spider is rarely fatal, they cause chronic flesh wounds, posing the greatest danger to the infant and elderly, who are particularly vulnerable to its


Correct Option: D

Although the phenomenon of withdrawal has always been the crucial physiological Leng for distinguishing addictive from nonaddictive drugs, it has become increasingly evident that not all regular heroin users experience withdrawal symptoms.

  1. addictive from

  2. addictive and

  3. addictive or

  4. between addictive or

  5. among addictive or


Correct Option: A

Although the manager agreed to a more flexible work schedule, he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is assigned to do.

  1. he said that it must be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor will know what everyone is

  2. he said it had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor knows what everyone is

  3. he said that they would have to post the assignments on the bulletin board so that management and labor knew what everyone was

  4. he said that the schedule would have to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone was

  5. saying that the schedule had to be posted on the bulletin board so that both management and labor would know what everyone had been


Correct Option: A
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