Gmat Sentence Correction 50, 51

50). In large doses, analgesics that work in the brain as antagonists to certain chemicals have caused psychological disturbances in patients, which may limit their potential to relieve severe pain.

(A) which may limit their potential to relieve

(B) which may limit their potential for relieving

(C) which may limit such analgesics’ potential to relieve

(D) an effect that may limit their potential to relieve

(E) an effect that may limit the potential of such analgesics for relieving


51). 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 by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him

(C) who had been thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and people more polished than he was

(D) thrust into a world dominated by more wealthy, educated, and polished people than him

(E) thrust into a world dominated by wealthier, better-educated, and more polished people than he


Answers -

50). E is the best choice

A,B,C - incorrect - use of "which" ambiguous - referring to 'patients' or 'analgesics' or..

D - incorrect - "their" -ambiguous - referring to 'patients' or 'analgesics' or effects of the analgesics...


51). E is the correct answer.

A,B,D- incorrect - Subject form of pronoun always comes after ‘than’ or ‘as’. (Pronoun errors)

C - incorrect - ".. than he was" - was needs to be ellipsed as I mentioned for Do - auxiliary verb in my GMAT Grammar blog.