Congestion pricing, the practice of charging a fee for driving into the busiest areas of a city at the busiest times; it has more support from economists than do politicians.
A) times; it has more support from economists than do
B) times, has more support among economists than among
C) times; it has more support among economists than among
D) times, has more support from economists than do
E) times, it has more support from economists than from among
OAB
Hi Experts ,
Can you please advise why not C and in OA don't we need a conjunction before comma?
Please advise an correct me.
Many thanks in advance.
SJ
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The semi-colon in C should separate two independent clauses. Here is what precedes the semi-colon: Congestion pricing, the practice of charging a fee for driving into the busiest areas of a city at the busiest times. This is not an independent clause. It consists of a subject, "Congestion pricing," and a long modifier describing that subject. There's no main verb here, so this usage is incorrect.jain2016 wrote:Congestion pricing, the practice of charging a fee for driving into the busiest areas of a city at the busiest times; it has more support from economists than do politicians.
A) times; it has more support from economists than do
B) times, has more support among economists than among
C) times; it has more support among economists than among
D) times, has more support from economists than do
E) times, it has more support from economists than from among
OAB
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Can you please advise why not C and in OA don't we need a conjunction before comma?
Please advise an correct me.
Many thanks in advance.
SJ
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In the OA we have a non-restrictive modifier set off by commas. (Portion in red is a modifier.) Congestion pricing, the practice of charging a fee for driving into the busiest areas of a city at the busiest times, has more support among economists than among politicians. There's no need for a conjunction here.in OA don't we need a conjunction before comma?
The main clause is Congestion pricing has more support among economists than among politicians.
[/quote]In the OA we have a non-restrictive modifier set off by commas. (Portion in red is a modifier.) Congestion pricing, the practice of charging a fee for driving into the busiest areas of a city at the busiest times, has more support among economists than among politicians. There's no need for a conjunction here.
The main clause is Congestion pricing has more support among economists than among politicians.
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Thank you so much for your reply. Can you please give me some example, where we don't need a conjunction.
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We'd use a conjunction if we were connecting multiple elements within a given a grammatical category. If you're using a single modifier to describe a subject, there's no need for a conjunction: Dave, a GMAT tutor, is a nice guy. There's one modifier here - a GMAT tutor - so there's no need for a conjunction.jain2016 wrote:Hi David ,In the OA we have a non-restrictive modifier set off by commas. (Portion in red is a modifier.) Congestion pricing, the practice of charging a fee for driving into the busiest areas of a city at the busiest times, has more support among economists than among politicians. There's no need for a conjunction here.
The main clause is Congestion pricing has more support among economists than among politicians.
Thank you so much for your reply. Can you please give me some example, where we don't need a conjunction.
Many thanks in advance.
SJ
But if you were using multiple modifiers, a conjunction might be appropriate. Dave, a GMAT tutor and a doting father, is a nice guy.
Of course, that's not just true for modifiers. If you had multiple actions, you'd use a conjunction. Tom wants to go the beach and then drive to the movie theater. Or if you had multiple clauses, you'd use a conjunction. Tom wants to go to the beach, but Tim wants to play golf.
So it isn't the presence or absence of commas that dictate whether we use a conjunction, it's whether we have multiple elements in the same category that we need to connect somehow.
[/quote]We'd use a conjunction if we were connecting multiple elements within a given a grammatical category. If you're using a single modifier to describe a subject, there's no need for a conjunction: Dave, a GMAT tutor, is a nice guy. There's one modifier here - a GMAT tutor - so there's no need for a conjunction.
But if you were using multiple modifiers, a conjunction might be appropriate. Dave, a GMAT tutor and a doting father, is a nice guy.
Of course, that's not just true for modifiers. If you had multiple actions, you'd use a conjunction. Tom wants to go the beach and then drive to the movie theater. Or if you had multiple clauses, you'd use a conjunction. Tom wants to go to the beach, but Tim wants to play golf.
So it isn't the presence or absence of commas that dictate whether we use a conjunction, it's whether we have multiple elements in the same category that we need to connect somehow.
Hi David ,
Thank you so much for your reply sir.
All Clear now.
Thanks,
SJ