Sentence Correction Drill #24

1. Of all the roads making up America’s Interstate Highway System, more people drive on I-95 than any highway.

A. more people drive on I-95 than any highway
B. travelers are driving on I-95 in the largest numbers
C. the largest amount of drivers are on I-95
D. I-95 is the more heavily traveled
E. I-95 is the most heavily traveled

2. Although many young painters learned to paint from Rembrandt himself, when the master died, no immediate successors have come into being.

A. no immediate successors have come into being
B. he had no immediate successors
C. the coming of immediate successors were not to be
D. there was not a coming of an immediate successor
E. there were not immediate successors

3. Newspaper editorials across the country argued brilliantly against the Supreme Court’s decision on the death penalty.

A. Newspaper editorials across the country argued brilliantly against the Supreme Court's decision on the death penalty
B. Newspaper editorials across the country that brilliantly argued against the Supreme Court's decision on the death penalty
C. The Supreme Court's decision on the death penalty, brilliantly opposed by newspaper editorials across the country
D. The Supreme Court's decision on the death penalty being brilliantly opposed across the country by newspaper editorials
E. Brilliant arguments against the Supreme Court's decision on the death penalty that appeared in newspapers across the country

4. The country’s most important city for the arts and entertainment, tourists by the millions visit New York each year.

A. tourists by the millions visit New York each year
B. millions of tourists visit New York annually
C. each year millions of tourists visit New York
D. tourists by the millions are attracted to New York every year
E. New York attracts millions of tourists each year

5. There is plenty of Thoreau’s practical advice about life, which every reader can benefit from in his Walden.

A. There is plenty of Thoreau's practical advice about life, which every reader can benefit from in his Walden.
B. In Thoreau's Walden, they give the reader plenty of practical and beneficial advice about life.
C. Reading Thoreau's Walden, plenty of practical and beneficial advice about life is offered.
D. In Walden, Thoreau offers readers plenty of practical and beneficial advice about life.
E. Because of offering plenty of practical and beneficial advice about life in Thoreau's Walden.

6. Nuclear waste disposal is a growing problem considering that no state permits radioactive material transported on its roads or to bury it inside its borders.

A. considering that no state permits radioactive material transported on its roads or to bury it inside its borders
B. considering that no state permits neither radioactive material transported on its roads or buried inside its borders
C. because no state permits radioactive material transported on its roads or buried inside its borders
D. because no state will permit radioactive material not only to be carried on its roads but in addition also buried inside its borders
E. being that no state had permitted radioactive material to be carried on its roads or buried inside its borders

7. If you wish to truly understand Jefferson’s notion of “the pursuit of happiness,” the letters Jefferson wrote to his son should be read.

A. the letters Jefferson wrote to his son should be read
B. Jefferson's letters to his son should be read
C. you should read the letters Jefferson wrote to his son
D. you should read his letters to his son
E. a person should read his letters to his son

8. Yellowstone, an extremely popular national park, has been described as the noisiest park and also the most tranquil of them.

A. the noisiest park and also the most tranquil of them
B. not only the noisiest park, but also more tranquil than any
C. the noisiest park, at the same time it is the most tranquil park
D. at once the noisiest and also the most tranquil of them
E. the noisiest and yet the most tranquil of parks

9. Allan asked Sadie to go to the prom with him, this surprised Sadie because she thought Allan would ask Marnie.

A. him, this surprised Sadie
B. him, therefore Sadie was surprised
C. him, surprising Sadie
D. him, which surprises Sadie
E. him, that was surprising to Sadie

10. Just as the number of applications to Stanford and Yale has grown annually since 2005, so has Columbia’s applicant pool risen steadily.

A. so has Columbia's applicant pool risen steadily
B. Columbia attracted applicants in steadily rising numbers
C. Columbia is steadily gaining applicants in its pool
D. and so then, for Columbia, a rising applicant pool has grown steadily
E. and like them Columbia's steadily rising pool of applicants

11. The city of Oakland, California, suffers from a high crime rate, while it is a very desirable place to live.

A. suffers from a high crime rate, while it is
B. although suffering from a high crime rate, is
C. suffering from a high crime rate made it
D. which suffers from a high crime rate, although it is
E. whose rate of crime is high, makes it

12. Drivers in Washington, D.C., say that the city is at once frustrating because of its numerous traffic circles but they have designed it beautifully.

A. but they have designed it beautifully
B. although it is beautifully designed
C. yet it is beautiful in its design
D. while being designed so beautifully
E. and pleasing because of its beautiful design

13. Having a mother who plays in a symphony orchestra and a father who teaches music in high school, the violin and the piano are two of the instruments that Rosie learned at an early age.

A. the violin and the piano are two of the instruments that Rosie learned at an early age
B. violin and piano were taught to Rosie at an early age
C. two instruments, the violin and the piano, Rosie learned to play at an early age
D. at an early age Rosie learned to play both the violin and the piano
E. Rosie learned the playing of both violin and piano at an early age