The biathlon

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gmatnmein2010: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 185; Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:06 am; Thanked: 6 times

by gmatnmein2010 » Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:31 am

The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports, it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

sports, it combines

sports; that combines

sports; it combines

sports, where they combine

sports in which they combine

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by thephoenix » Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:09 am

gmatnmein2010 wrote:The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports, it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

sports, it combines

sports; that combines

sports; it combines

sports, where they combine

sports in which they combine

the two clause after comma are independent so we need semicolon
a) wrng
B) s/c fragment
c)correct
d)wrng use of where
e) wrng use of in which; they has no reference
e)

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by bitsho » Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:09 am

OA is B ?? here are my 2 cents on ques :

The biathlon is one of the worldÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s most demanding sports, it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

sports, it combines -- run on sentence , need a sub-ordinate conjuction

sports; that combines --- semicolon clearly avoids the run on error and makes other sentence as an independent clause .demonstrative pronoun "that" is correctly refering to biathlon

sports; it combines --- pronoun antecedent ambiguity

sports, where they combine --- in appropriate sub-ordinate conjunction used , along with they is refering to sports thus distorting the meaning

sports in which they combine --they is refering to sports thus distorting the meaning

could you please publish OA

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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:47 am

See i know it is definitely wrong. Hence A and C can be eliminated .

D is wrong coz where is a wrongly used here . where is generally used for place .

D and E both are wrong coz of they which wrongly modifies sports instead of the subject the biathlon .

Hence we r left with B.

But my question is that in B there is a semi-colon . which means two statements should be able to stand on their own . but using that , can it stand on its own ?

What does that refer to in B ?

Could someone help clear this doubt of mine.

thanks

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gmatnmein2010 wrote:
The biathlon is one of the world's most demanding sports, it combines the endurance of cross country skiing with the precision of expert marksmanship.

sports, it combines -

sports; that combines

sports; it combines

sports, where they combine

sports in which they combine

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by harsh.champ » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:58 am

bhumika.k.shah wrote:See i know it is definitely wrong. Hence A and C can be eliminated .

D is wrong coz where is a wrongly used here . where is generally used for place .

D and E both are wrong coz of they which wrongly modifies sports instead of the subject the biathlon .

Hence we r left with B.

But my question is that in B there is a semi-colon . which means two statements should be able to stand on their own . but using that , can it stand on its own ?

What does that refer to in B ?

Could someone help clear this doubt of mine.

thanks

Hope this helps

Hey Bhumika,
The semi-colon is also used between independent clauses linked with a transitional phrase or a conjunctive adverb:

Ex:- "I like to eat tigers; however, I don't like to be eaten by them."

SO in the sentence,its use is justified.

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by bhumika.k.shah » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:02 am

So in this case ur conjunctive adverb is however ? and whats a transitional phrase

could u provide independent examples for both .

thanks

harsh.champ wrote:
Hey Bhumika,
The semi-colon is also used between independent clauses linked with a transitional phrase or a conjunctive adverb:

Ex:- "I like to eat tigers; however, I don't like to be eaten by them."

SO in the sentence,its use is justified.

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by harsh.champ » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:17 am

bhumika.k.shah wrote:So in this case ur conjunctive adverb is however ? and whats a transitional phrase

could u provide independent examples for both .

thanks

harsh.champ wrote:
Hey Bhumika,
The semi-colon is also used between independent clauses linked with a transitional phrase or a conjunctive adverb:

Ex:- "I like to eat tigers; however, I don't like to be eaten by them."

SO in the sentence,its use is justified.

Hey bhumika,
It would be very cluttered and time-taking writing the different usages and examples over here.
I am giving you some links which I found to be helpful:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicolon
https://gmat-grammar.blocked/2006/0 ... on.html-[b][This one includes all the examples,usage and misuse of it][/b]

Hope it helps you in better understanding.

It takes time and effort to explain, so if my comment helped you please press Thanks button

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