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by aj5105 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:34 am
During the past decade, the labor market in France has not been operating according to free market principles, but instead stifling functioning through its various government regulations restricting the hiring and firing of workers.
a)principles, but instead stifling functioning through its various government regulations restricting the hiring and firing of workers

b)principles, instead it has been functioning in a stifled manner as a result of various government regulations that restrict the hiring and firing of workers

c)principles, rather functioning despite being stifled as a result of government regulations that variously restrict worker hiring and firing

d)principles; the hiring and firing of workers is restricted there by various government regulations, its functioning being stifled

e)principles; instead, its functioning has been stifled by various government regulations restricting the hiring and firing of workers
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by anju » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:46 am
imo: B
parallelism
has not been functioning ... instead it has been

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by amitabhprasad » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:54 am
I feel it should be "E".
Whats OA

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by aj5105 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:09 am
OA - E

Unable to understand the need for ;

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by amitabhprasad » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:14 am
I think the it needs ";" as the two sentences are independent clauses, and I don't remember where but I read "instead" is not a conjunction. Under this condition without ";" this will result in run on sentence.

I will appreciate if some one can throw some more light if I am wrong.

Also look at this link for connecting two independent sentences correctly
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/598/02/

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by dumb.doofus » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:34 pm
Here semicolon is used to separate two independent clauses. The use of instead here is that of an adverb. Mostly Instead is used along with of "Instead of" where it works as a preposition..

So, instead (without of) is an adverb and it usually begins or ends a clause

Ex:
1. Preposition:
I'll have tea instead of coffee, please.

2. Adverb
She didn't go to Greece after all; Instead , she went to America.

Anyways, E is the right answer.. HTH

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