Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Gmat Sentence Correction 75, 76

75). It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.

(A) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and to

(B) all one has to do with cattle is to leave them alone to feed themselves, to corral them, and

(C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and

(D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and

(E) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is to leave them alone while they feed themselves, to corral them, and

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

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

(B) Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local history or various ethnic groups,

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

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

(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens of New York's small museums and also


Answers --

75). C is the best answer .
A, B -- incorrect -- parallelism "to leave them, to corral them and to drive them" would be the correct form.
D, E -- incorrect -- use of "the only thing" is wrong as talking about more than one action.

76). Best answer is D.
A, B -- incorrect -- use of although incorrect, it is used to show contrast, but there is no contrast here.
C -- incorrect -- use of "but" wrong as sentence does not have a contrast
E -- incorrect -- awkward

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