Practice GMAT Sentence Correction Question
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Among the litany of threats that many Israelis face, the potential for a nuclear-armed Iran is perhaps the more scary as this scenario could engulf the region in a violent war. This would likely result in historically unseen amounts of destruction, even for a region whose history is marred by perennial violence.
Correct Answer: B
The superlative form most scary must be used instead of the comparative form more scary since the author is indicating that among all the threats, a specific threat is the most scary.
- more must be replaced by most as the superlative form (most) must be used since the author is not comparing threats but stating that a single threat is the scariest
- The superlative form is correctly used
- Although the superlative form is correctly used, this choice makes the sentence unduly long; the phrase possibly, perhaps is awkward and not idiomatically correct
- While a superlative is used, the sentence is exceedingly awkward as the phrase possibly the greatest scary is not idiomatic
- The superlative form is not used; the phrase possibly the great scary as this scenario is awkward and not idiomatic
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