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1. To ensure consistently high quality in its merchandise, the chain of retail stores became involved in every aspect of their suppliers’ operations, dictating not only the number of stitches and the width of the hem in every garment as well as the profit margins of those suppliers.
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1. Inflation has made many Americans reevaluate their assumptions about the future; they still expect to live better than their parents have , but not so well as they once thought they could.
1. they still expect to live better than their parents [...]

1. Monitoring heart patients’ exercise, as well as athletes exercising, is now done by small transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements to nearby recording machines .
1. Monitoring heart patients’ exercise, as well as athletes exercising, is now done by small transmitters broadcasting physiological measurements [...]

1. It is known that when neurons activate, we say that they “fire”, and they pass on a signal to other neurons.
1. we say that they “fire”, and
2. which we say they “fire”, [...]

This GMAT smple sentence correction question tests correctness and effectiveness of expression. In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, and sentence construction. Choose the answer that produces the most effective sentence; this answer should be clear and exact, without awkwardness, ambiguity, redundancy, [...]

1. If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?
1. Some lawyers who now advertise will charge more for specific services if they do not have to specify fee arrangements in the advertisements.
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1. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion drawn in the passage?
1. Insurance company statisticians do not believe that moving to Hawaii will significantly lengthen the average Louisianian’s life.
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1. Which of the following, if true, could best be used as a basis for arguing against the author’s position that the meteorologists’ claim cannot be evaluated?
1. Certain unusual configurations of data can serve as the basis for precise weather forecasts even [...]

GMAT Verbal Section : GMAT Sample Critical Reasoning Questions
1. Lark Manufacturing Company initiated a voluntary Quality Circles program for machine operators. Independent surveys of employee attitudes indicated that the machine operators participating in the program were less satisfied with their work situations after two years of the program’s existence than they were [...]

1. Sales taxes tend to be regressive, affecting poor people more severely than wealthy people. When all purchases of consumer goods are taxed at a fixed percentage of the purchase price, poor people pay a larger proportion of their income in sales taxes than wealthy people do.
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