A small clarification from Manhattan Gmat

[krishnakumarhod]

Hi

Mods i understand that there is a seperate forum in beat the gmat as 'Ask a manhattan representative'.But The discussion here i think might benefit all ppl who read manhattan sc.

I read the manhattan sc guide and when i was viewing through other forums for sc stuff i came across this disturbing thread.

Joplin’s faith in his opera “Tremonisha” was unshakable; in 1911 he published the score at his own expense and decided to stage the work himself

The above is a sentence straight out of OG.here Joplin's faith is the noun and not joplin .Then what does 'he' refer to ?

Sorry I am confused that is why i am starting this thread

Please also look into the below link for further details

https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... stion.html

Any suggestion on this will help.

Thanks
Krishna

[cramya]

My 2 cents(someone feel free to correct me here)

A semicolon separates 2 indepenedent clauses. In the first clause the possessive Joplin's faith and posessive pronoun his are used.

In the 2nd independent clause he refers to Joplin since it is the subject of the 2nd clause.

Just my observation.