A delegation--interesting

champmag wrote:A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of
the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the
government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

A. chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with
the revised compensation package offered by the government and
B. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government but
C. chief minister and were pleading towards revival of the benefit scheme as well
as the revised compensation package offered by the government and
D. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government and
E. chief minister to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government but

bubbliiiiiiii wrote:

champmag wrote:A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of
the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the
government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

A. chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with
the revised compensation package offered by the government and
B. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government but
C. chief minister and were pleading towards revival of the benefit scheme as well
as the revised compensation package offered by the government and
D. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government and
E. chief minister to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government but

OA Please.

ankurmit wrote:

bubbliiiiiiii wrote:

champmag wrote:A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of
the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the
government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

A. chief minister so as to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with
the revised compensation package offered by the government and
B. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government but
C. chief minister and were pleading towards revival of the benefit scheme as well
as the revised compensation package offered by the government and
D. chief minister and pleaded for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government and
E. chief minister to plead for revival of the benefit scheme together with the
revised compensation package offered by the government but

OA Please.

Pranay whats wrong with use of 'so as to' ?

wayofjungle wrote:I believe the answer choice is missing a comma, but that the correct answer should be B because common sense implies that 'but' is a proper usage since the minister 'conceded' the request not 'accepted' it, hence signaling a shift not a continuation

atulmangal wrote:I believe Op A is also wrong because it incorrectly joins two independent clauses with only AND...i think COMMA + AND is required.

A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of
the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the
government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

the two clauses in (green and blue) color are Independent clauses!!!

GMATToppers wrote:

atulmangal wrote:I believe Op A is also wrong because it incorrectly joins two independent clauses with only AND...i think COMMA + AND is required.

A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of
the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the
government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

the two clauses in (green and blue) color are Independent clauses!!!

Hey Atul,

Two independent clauses can be joined using a coordinate conjunction.
Hence usage of "and' is not wrong.
The coordinate conjunction can be preceded by a comma, but if it is not necessary.
there are three ways of joining Independent clauses.
1. Independent clause full stop Independent clause
2. Independent clause semicolon Independent clause
3. Independent clause coordinate conjunction Independent clause

atulmangal wrote:

GMATToppers wrote:

atulmangal wrote:I believe Op A is also wrong because it incorrectly joins two independent clauses with only AND...i think COMMA + AND is required.

A delegation of 60 farmers called on the chief minister so as to plead for revival of
the benefit scheme together with the revised compensation package offered by the
government and the chief minister has very graciously conceded their request

the two clauses in (green and blue) color are Independent clauses!!!

Hey Atul,

Two independent clauses can be joined using a coordinate conjunction.
Hence usage of "and' is not wrong.
The coordinate conjunction can be preceded by a comma, but if it is not necessary.
there are three ways of joining Independent clauses.
1. Independent clause full stop Independent clause
2. Independent clause semicolon Independent clause
3. Independent clause coordinate conjunction Independent clause

I have some doubt in your 3rd point.

coordinate conjunction---> FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)

I think the rule is COMMA + FANBOYS should be used to connect two IC's not just a FANBOY word.

If this rule is not followed strictly, then the resulting error is a Run-on sentence error.