Gmat Sentence Correction 54, 55

54). A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.

(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua's major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and

(B) Visible at Managua's major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that

(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua's major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who

(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua's major intersections, which

(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua's major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and


55). To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.

(A). their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment

(B). their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut

(C). growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment

(D). they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment

(E). they grow naturally, with their feed allotment cut


Answers -

54). C is the best choice.

A,E - incorrect -- Subject-Verb Agreemant

B - incorrect -- phenomenon cannot rob cars.

D - incorrect -- very awkward , changes the meaning of the sentence

55). D is the correct answer - parallelism is maintained -"growing....cutting...raising...". Further antecedent of “they” is clear i.e “the fish”

C - incorrect -- after “as fast as” we need a clause.

A, B - incorrect -- wrong comparison -- cannot compare verb with noun --- growing fish (verb) with growth rate (noun).

B, E - incorrect -- violating parallelism.