That pollution harms the environment is self-evident; that immediate government action to combat it is merited by the situation is a matter of debate.
B. If the situation merits immediate action by the government
C. Whether to combat the situation is merited by immediate government action
D. That the situation merits immediate government action to combat it
E. Whether the government should immediately combat it is merited by the situation
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That pollution harms the environment is self-evident; that immediate government action to combat it is merited by the situation is a matter of debate.
It needs a conditional statement
So options with that are OUT
left with B, C and E
C. Whether to combat the situation is merited by immediate government action
merited by situation and not govt action!!
changes the meaning
It?E. Whether the government should immediately combat it is merited by the situation
Unclear pronoun reference
Answer is B
Hope it helps
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I picked D for this question. for the reasons below...
1. The sentence is separated by a ";", so both the sentences should stand by themselves. They cannot be incomplete or dependent on other.
Choice A is passive.. "combat it is merited by the situation "
B. If the situation merits immediate action by the government --- If is used for conditional statements.. If X, then Y or If X, Y.. the sentence is not in this form.
I was got down to C, D, and E.
C, and E are passive.
and Choice D is concise and active.
moreover,
If you see the non-underlined part. the first sentence starts with "That" and it is used to state a clause, I think the same should be for the second sentence. I think I read that the sentences separated by ';' should have have the similar structure.. I am not sure of this rule though..
Can someone explain this in more detail, also clarify my point whether sentences separated by ';' should have similar structure
1. The sentence is separated by a ";", so both the sentences should stand by themselves. They cannot be incomplete or dependent on other.
Choice A is passive.. "combat it is merited by the situation "
B. If the situation merits immediate action by the government --- If is used for conditional statements.. If X, then Y or If X, Y.. the sentence is not in this form.
I was got down to C, D, and E.
C, and E are passive.
and Choice D is concise and active.
moreover,
If you see the non-underlined part. the first sentence starts with "That" and it is used to state a clause, I think the same should be for the second sentence. I think I read that the sentences separated by ';' should have have the similar structure.. I am not sure of this rule though..
Can someone explain this in more detail, also clarify my point whether sentences separated by ';' should have similar structure
