Despite its covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not seamless or stationary, rather it is fragmented into mobile semi rigid plates.
(d) Although it covers the entire planet, Earth's crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but rather...
This is the correct option. I have 2 issues
1) Use of both "but" and "rather"- isnt that redundant.
2) ", but" should result in an independent clause. Does it in this case?
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Hi akhilsuhag,
You did not properly present how answer D would appear in the context of the original sentence.
The FULL correct answer (with the rest of the sentence) would read as:
Although it covers the entire planet, Earth's crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but rather fragmented into mobile semirigid plates.
The last part of the sentence is meant to communicate the idea that (Earth's crust is) fragmented into mobile semirigid plates. Since it would be redundant to use those three words ("Earth's crust is") again, the word "rather" takes the place of those words. In this way, the word "rather" is NOT redundant to the word "but."
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You did not properly present how answer D would appear in the context of the original sentence.
The FULL correct answer (with the rest of the sentence) would read as:
Although it covers the entire planet, Earth's crust is neither seamless nor stationary, but rather fragmented into mobile semirigid plates.
The last part of the sentence is meant to communicate the idea that (Earth's crust is) fragmented into mobile semirigid plates. Since it would be redundant to use those three words ("Earth's crust is") again, the word "rather" takes the place of those words. In this way, the word "rather" is NOT redundant to the word "but."
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Rich I am having a little confusion with the COMMA FANBOYS rule.
Does ", and/but" always signify the start of an independent clause. I see some correct sentences where you have ", but/and" but these don't seem independent clauses.
Does ", and/but" always signify the start of an independent clause. I see some correct sentences where you have ", but/and" but these don't seem independent clauses.
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The GMAT does not abide by this rule.akhilsuhag wrote:Rich I am having a little confusion with the COMMA FANBOYS rule.
On the GMAT, COMMA + but does NOT have to be followed by an independent clause.
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GMATGuruNY wrote:The GMAT does not abide by this rule.akhilsuhag wrote:Rich I am having a little confusion with the COMMA FANBOYS rule.
On the GMAT, COMMA + but does NOT have to be followed by an independent clause.
It seems to give the impression that COMMA + but should be followed by independent clause outside of GMAT
Both these sentences are correct:
I like drinking tea, but not coffee.
I like drinking tea, but my friend likes drinking coffee.
