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 biathlon
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the two clause after comma are independent so we need semicolongmatnmein2010 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
a) wrng
B) s/c fragment
c)correct
d)wrng use of where
e) wrng use of in which; they has no reference
e)
OA is B ?? here are my 2 cents on ques :
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 -- 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
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 -- 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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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
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
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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Hey Bhumika,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
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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So in this case ur conjunctive adverb is however ? and whats a transitional phrase
could u provide independent examples for both .
thanks
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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Hey bhumika,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.
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.
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