4. Moule's review served as a welcome encouragement to the author: Hardy set to work with renewed vigor and finished the serial ahead of time.
A. served as a welcome encouragement to the author: Hardy
B. served a welcome encouragement to Hardy, and the author
C. was welcome as an encouragement to Hardy, the author
D. was a welcome encouragement to the author, Hardy
E. served as a welcome encouragement to the author, Hardy
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the sentence contains 2 independent clauses which cannot be only joined with a comma. So c, d and e are wrong.gauravpokhriyal wrote:4. Moule's review served as a welcome encouragement to the author: Hardy set to work with renewed vigor and finished the serial ahead of time.
A. served as a welcome encouragement to the author: Hardy
B. served a welcome encouragement to Hardy, and the author
C. was welcome as an encouragement to Hardy, the author
D. was a welcome encouragement to the author, Hardy
E. served as a welcome encouragement to the author, Hardy
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With "b", we aren't sure that Hardy is the author. Also "served a welcome" is not correct.
ans = a
