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According to scholars, the earliest writing was probably not a direct rendering of speech, but was more likely to begin as a separate and distinct symbolic system of communication, and only later merged with spoken language.
(A) was more likely to begin as
(B) more than likely began as
(C) more than likely beginning from
(D) it was more than likely begun from
(E) it was more likely that it began
OA is B and I agree . The explanation for answer choices D and E are as follows :
D Use of the pronoun it makes this construction a main cluase, in which case the comma after communication must be omitted and began must be used to be parallel to merged; was...begun is not he correct tense.
E In this awkward, unclear, and wordy construction, the first it must be followed by is, not was, because the theory is current; the second it acts as the subject of the subordinate clause, and this usage requires the omission of the comma after communication.
My question : The usage of comma : When connecting two independt clauses, we do use comma and if subject is same , we do not use the comma.
Following the same reasoning , comma should not have been there in the correct answer choice even ?
(A) was more likely to begin as
(B) more than likely began as
(C) more than likely beginning from
(D) it was more than likely begun from
(E) it was more likely that it began
OA is B and I agree . The explanation for answer choices D and E are as follows :
D Use of the pronoun it makes this construction a main cluase, in which case the comma after communication must be omitted and began must be used to be parallel to merged; was...begun is not he correct tense.
E In this awkward, unclear, and wordy construction, the first it must be followed by is, not was, because the theory is current; the second it acts as the subject of the subordinate clause, and this usage requires the omission of the comma after communication.
My question : The usage of comma : When connecting two independt clauses, we do use comma and if subject is same , we do not use the comma.
Following the same reasoning , comma should not have been there in the correct answer choice even ?
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