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'?

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has reached its

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have reached their

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has reached their

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have reached its

Question 2

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

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'was' should be 'were'

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'Neither' should be 'Either'

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'informed' should be 'informing'

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No error exists

Question 3

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

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

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The briefcase, running quickly down the hall, was forgotten.

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The executive's briefcase was running quickly down the hall.

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Running quickly, the briefcase was forgotten by the executive.

Question 4

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

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cutting costs, increasing efficiency, and raising revenue

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to cut costs, increasing efficiency, and that revenue be raised

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cutting costs, to increase efficiency, and revenue raised

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cut costs, efficiency increased, and raising revenue

Question 5

Which sentence correctly uses the idiom involving 'different'?

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The outcome was different from what the analysts predicted.

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The outcome was different than what the analysts predicted.

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The outcome was different to what the analysts predicted.

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The outcome was differently from what the analysts predicted.

Question 6

Identify the pronoun ambiguity: 'The supervisor told the analyst that he needed to revise the report.'

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'he' is ambiguous—it could refer to the supervisor or the analyst.

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'the report' lacks a clear antecedent.

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'told' should be 'said to.'

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There is no error in the sentence.