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Question 5

by anshulagarwal12 » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:40 am
In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male's income; and forty-four percent in 1984.
(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent
(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent
(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure

Generally, semi-colon is used for independent sentence. So B should be stuck out as it cant stand alone on its on. But it is right. why?
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by Birottam Dutta » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:54 am
Semi colon can be used in place of a conjunction to connect two sentences.

In B, if you replace the semi-colon with "and", even then the sentence is correct. And both parts of the semi-colon can stand as independent sentences ,so that is why B is the answer.

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by anshulagarwal12 » Sat Aug 04, 2012 9:45 pm
Hi,

but why C & D are wrong? Any explanation ?

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