Few of the Corporate Contributions to the Earthquake Relief Fund GMAT Sentence Correction

Question: Few of the corporate contributions to the earthquake relief fund, aside from Pterocom, were a sigificant difference from the usual amounts given by large companies for major international disasters.

1. aside from Pterocom, were a significant difference from the usual amounts
2. Pterocom's excepted, were a substantial departure from the usual amount of those
3. Pterocom excepted, broke the usual mold of those
4. notwithstanding Pterocom, veered much from the usual levels
5. apart from Pterocom's, departed significantly from the usual amounts

“Few of the Corporate Contributions to the Earthquake Relief Fund GMAT Sentence Correction” - is a GMAT sentence correction question. These types of questions contain grammatical errors in the underlined sentence and we have to choose the correct statement from the options. This topic is the GMAT verbal question that comes with five options and candidates need to choose the one which is correct. GMAT sentence correction is a part of GMAT verbal. It checks whether the candidate is able to decode the inaccuracy in the sentence. It also checks if they are able to bring out an idea or meaning of the context.
 

Answer: E

Model Answer 1

Explanation - the meaning of the original statement is –
Few contributions to funds, aside from petercom's (contribution) were significantly different from usual amount given by large companies
Let us evaluate all our option statements-

1. aside from Pterocom, were a significant difference from the usual amounts.
   Contributions other than petercom - this is incorrect because it should be petercom's contributions.
2. Pterocom's excepted, were a substantial departure from the usual amount of those
   With 'the usual amount of those given by large companies,' it is unclear what 'of those' is required.
3. Pterocom excepted, broke the usual mold of those
   Same reason as A, Contributions other than petercom - this is incorrect because it should be petercom's contributions.
4. notwithstanding Pterocom, veered much from the usual levels
   Same reason as A, Contributions other than petercom - this is incorrect because it should be petercom's contributions.
5. apart from Pterocom's, departed significantly from the usual amount
   This is the correct statement because apart from petercom's contribution is correct and. Departed significantly from the usual amount given by large companies is also precise and correct.

Answer E is correct

Model Answer 2

Explanation - Lets try another approach to find the correct option statement

In statement A, C, and D the Contributions are illogically compared to a CORPORATION (Pterocom) .

1. Few of the corporate contributions, aside from Pterocom
2. Few of the corporate contributions, Pterocom excepted
3. Few of the corporate contributions, notwithstanding Pterocom

In statement B, comparison is incorrect that is why it's wrong.
comparing "a few of the corporate contributions" with "the usual amount of [contributions]" It compares contributions to a dollar amount.
In statement E, The verb form (depart from) is preferable to the noun form (a difference from), That is why it is correct,
Answer E is correct

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