GMAT Question of the Day : Sentence Correction

maya
#1. September 17th, 2006, at 5:44 PM.

c)

V Pat
#2. September 17th, 2006, at 11:55 PM.

(C) makes his letters a group rivaling

Deepa
#3. September 18th, 2006, at 2:25 AM.

D..since “that” refers to his powers of observation, so verb has to be “make”..

TARUN
#4. September 18th, 2006, at 1:05 PM.

D, PL.EXPAIN THE CORRECT ANSWER ALSO

Sandeep
#6. September 20th, 2006, at 7:27 PM.

My answer D. Powers of observation is plural, so the verb should also be “make”.

samagra
#7. April 8th, 2007, at 1:43 PM.

(c)makes his letters a group rivaling

shyam
#8. April 8th, 2007, at 1:51 PM.

i think the answer is D.E can be eliminated because its wordy

Akanksha
#9. April 8th, 2007, at 6:54 PM.

I think “c” is the correct answer….please explain the correct answer also….The Takegmat Team.. its request to you…

Vaully
#10. April 10th, 2007, at 6:11 PM.

(D) make his letters as a group the rival of

wael.salman
#11. April 10th, 2007, at 7:02 PM.

It can be D and E. but D is better than E.

Explanation
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1. Must be make and not makes because make relates to powers (Plural)
2. So we have now D and E.
3. D is better because of the omitted (relative+be) - it is preferable to mitt relative+be, I mean omitting which+is (which relates to the group)

—> D

Chiranjib
#12. April 13th, 2007, at 3:15 PM.

D

Faraz
#13. April 8th, 2008, at 5:35 PM.

D

Powers is plural so it must be make.

E has ‘which’ - it seems to change the meaning and looks irrelevant. I can’t given an exact answer to the second part though.

Deeks
#14. April 9th, 2008, at 8:49 PM.

Will go with E - ‘Make..a group’ sounds better than ‘Make..as a group’

simplyjat
#15. April 11th, 2008, at 12:14 PM.

In my opinion the question is simply wrong. The sentence is seriously flawed with parallelism and none of the answer choices tries to correct.

Shashwat
#16. April 12th, 2008, at 3:54 PM.

C

“that” is used for singular only na…hence, MAKES him.

This singular is his possession of the powers.

Mitesh
#17. April 22nd, 2008, at 10:06 PM.

(c) is the correct one.

Avantika Goyal
#18. April 23rd, 2008, at 11:07 AM.

The correct answer seems to be “D”,though im confused between “E”n “D”.
II suggest the correct answer should also be given along with it.

sumanth toom
#19. April 23rd, 2008, at 3:48 PM.

C for me.

If the reasoning you give for selecting D, then the original sentence should read like this…

Byron possessed powers of observation “which” would have made him a great anthropologist and which……
should be ‘which’ instead of ‘that’.

In my opinion, “that” here referes to Byron’s possession of powers. Which is singluar.

sohan
#20. April 23rd, 2008, at 5:52 PM.

d.

kv
#21. April 23rd, 2008, at 5:56 PM.

its abt powers …..so its got to b make

Rooney
#22. April 24th, 2008, at 10:03 AM.

A, B, C -> Eliminate them because of “makes”, which is a wrong verb tense.
E -> Eliminate because there should be “,” in front of “which”.

Will
#23. April 24th, 2008, at 9:05 PM.

I agree with Rooney

pranaysad
#24. April 25th, 2008, at 1:56 AM.

Byron possessed powers of observation that make his letters as a group the rival of the best novels of the time.

Bryon possessed powers of observation that make
“plural” therefore need to use make?

D

manran
#25. April 27th, 2008, at 1:36 AM.

A.
I feel there is nothing wrong with the original sentence. (apart from the fact thats it not the greatest of the sentences).

The “powers of observation” is given as a singular fact.. something which could have resulted in something else.. the sentence on establishing the fact tries to communicate, using the same fact that his letters as a group would rival the best novels.

Ritula
#26. May 5th, 2008, at 6:54 PM.

Answer is D
Powers of observation is plural so the verb should be make

shilpa
#27. September 7th, 2008, at 1:14 AM.

D

shakya
#28. September 7th, 2008, at 11:17 AM.

D FOR MEEEEEEEEE

Manav
#29. September 7th, 2008, at 11:06 PM.

C

Manav
#30. September 7th, 2008, at 11:13 PM.

Sorry it is D subject verb agreement-the subject being powers of observation

Ramz
#31. September 8th, 2008, at 8:14 AM.

D is correct

sachin
#32. September 8th, 2008, at 10:01 AM.

D is the answer

Manisha
#33. September 10th, 2008, at 10:22 AM.

D

jaspreet
#34. September 12th, 2008, at 3:25 AM.

E