Sentence Correction Drill #36

1. Of the top investment firms, only the few that have complied with SEC guidelines should be trusted by investors looking for a good place to build capital.

A. Of the top investment firms, only the few that have complied with SEC guidelines
B. Of the top investment firms, only a few, those which have compliance with SEC guidelines,
C. Only a few of the top investment firms, because of complying with SEC guidelines
D. Only a few of the top investment firms, in which the SEC guidelines were complied by,
E. Only a few of the top investment firms complied with SEC guidelines,

2. The audience, though still trying to appreciate the modern theater production, are getting restless and won't be able to sit still for much longer.

A. production, are getting restless and won't be able to
B. production is getting restless and aren't able to
C. production, are getting restless and they won't be able to
D. production is getting restless and they won't be able to
E. production, is getting restless and won't be able to

3. Antique furniture can be worth a great deal of money, but so many fakes abound that it can be difficult to distinguish valuable and worthless pieces.

A. valuable and worthless pieces
B. valuable to worthless pieces
C. between valuable and worthless pieces
D. between valuable from worthless pieces
E. valuable pieces from those that are worthless pieces

4. Unlike the Asian people that we now think of as Japanese, the first settlements in the Japanese Archipelago were established by Caucasians called the Ainu.

A. the first settlements in the Japanese Archipelago were established by Caucasians called the Ainu
B. the settling of the Japanese Archipelago was first done by the Ainu, who were Caucasians
C. the Ainu, who established the first settlements in the Japanese Archipelago, were Caucasians
D. the Ainu, as Caucasians, were the first to establish settlements in the Japanese Archipelago
E. settling the Japanese Archipelago was first done by Caucasians called the Ainu

5. A Mongol emperor associated with ancient Chinese splendor, the tiny Japanese fleet nevertheless managed to defeat Kublai Khan's huge, nearly invincible army.

A. splendor, the tiny Japanese fleet nevertheless managed to defeat Kublai Khan's huge, nearly invincible army
B. splendor, the tiny Japanese fleet nevertheless being the first to defeat Kublai Khan's huge nearly invincible army
C. splendor, Kublai Khan's army was nevertheless defeated by the tiny, nearly invincible Japanese fleet
D. splendor, Kublai Khan commanded a nearly invincible army that was nevertheless defeated by the tiny Japanese fleet
E. splendor, the tiny, nearly invincible fleet of the Japanese nevertheless managing to defeat the huge army commanded by Kublai Khan

6. In 1666, the Great Fire of London, though it destroyed over 14,000 buildings and left 100,000 people homeless, actually ended the bubonic plague outbreak by incinerating the rats that carried the disease.

A. homeless, actually ended
B. homeless, actually ending
C. homeless, actually it had ended
D. homeless; actually ended
E. homeless, and it ended

7. Though all of Dawn's Siamese kittens are descended from the same four progenitors, each kitten has its own distinct personality.

A. each kitten has its own distinct personality
B. each kitten has their own distinct personalities
C. with each one there having distinct personalities
D. which each has its own distinct personality
E. each kitten is having a distinct personality of their own

8. Jenna was very self-assured about the upcoming audition, this confidence gave her the ability to continue performing her scene even after she forgot several lines.

A. this
B. and this
C. however, her
D. that
E. because her

9. One of the deciding factors in Edward III's retreat from France in 1390 was a freak electrical hailstorm; killing scores of his horses and armored knights.

A. hailstorm; killing
B. hailstorm and it killed
C. hailstorm, and killing
D. hailstorm, being the death of
E. hailstorm that killed

10. The effects of the poliomyelitis that author Kyra Stanley contracted as a young child had been evident in her early stories.

A. had been evident
B. being evident
C. was evident
D. were evident
E. and she was evident

11. During his semester of student teaching, the observation of several students copying from each other's papers without consequence gave Mr. Peters the impression that the school had no effective policy against cheating.

A. the observation of several students copying from each other's papers without consequence gave Mr. Peters
B. Mr. Peters observed several students copying from each other's papers without consequence; he formed
C. observing several students copying from each other's papers without consequence gave Mr. Peters
D. Mr. Peters, observing several students copying from each other's papers without consequence and forming
E. the observation by Mr. Peters of several students copying from each other's papers without consequence gave him

12. When Jacques Lacan was developing his psychoanalytical theories, ideas from Freud, Heidigger, and even the structural linguists were used, but also original concepts were added by him.

A. ideas from Freud, Heidigger, and even the structural linguists were used, but also original concepts were added by him
B. ideas from Freud, Heidigger, and even the structural linguists were used, as well as original concepts were added by him
C. he used not only ideas from Freud, Heidigger, and even the structural linguists, but also his original concepts
D. he used not only ideas from Freud, Heidigger, and even the structural linguists and added original concepts, too
E. ideas from Freud, Heidigger, the structural linguists, and original concepts were added by him