More Than Fifty Years after the Second World War, A Number of African American Soldiers were Awarded GMAT Sentence Correction

Question: More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded―some of them posthumously―with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bravery.

1. with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation's highest military award, and which was long overdue in
2. with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award for long-overdue
3. the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation's highest military award, long-overdue in
4. the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award for long-overdue
5. the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, in long-overdue

“More Than Fifty Years after the Second World War, A Number of African American Soldiers were Awarded GMAT Sentence Correction” – this particular GMAT sentence correction topic has been taken from the book ‘The Official Guide of GMAT Verbal Review’. This question checks Meaning, Pronouns, Subject-verb agreement, and Idiom. GMAT Sentence Correction questions comprise 11-16 questions to be completed within 65 minutes. Each GMAT Sentence Correction question contains a sentence with an underlined portion that includes 0-2 errors.

Answer: E

Explanation: This is a GMAT critical reasoning question. An assumption is an implied hypothesis. So we are looking for something that is implied in the argument. In case it is wrong or maybe disable the argument.

The statement given is:
More than fifty years after the Second World War, a number of African American soldiers were awarded―some of them posthumously―with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in recognition of their outstanding bravery.

Lets see our options-

1. with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, and which was long overdue in
   Incorrect
   Here, "with" is wrongly used. Also, Medal of Honor is nation's highest military award and since this a fact so we need simple present tense. ‘’ was ‘’ is the wrong tense

2. with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
   Incorrect
   There has to be a a comma after AWARD or else it sounds like the medal of honor is an award for long-overdue recognition.

100. the Congressional Medal of Honor, which was the nation’s highest military award, long-overdue in
     Incorrect
     The statement implies the medal/award is long overdue.

500. the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for long-overdue
     Incorrect
     The words "for long-overdue recognition" in this option choice change the meaning of the statement.

5. the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award, in long-overdue
   Correct
   This response option employs the words "in long deserved acknowledgment," which conveys the connotation that is intended.

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