limestone wrote:He play the violin with ease and with skill; hardly taking time to glance at the score.
A. skill; hardly taking time
B. skill, hardly tanking time
C. skill; scarcely taking time
D. skill. Hardly taking time
E. skill, he hardly takes time
[spoiler]OA : B[/spoiler]
The tricks:
Clause: A clause MUST have a subject and a verb.
Semicolon (;): Semicolon can join two independent clauses in the following ways:
1.
Clause + Semicolon (;) + Clause.
Example:
The were playing in hockey; I was playing football.
2.
Clause + Semicolon (;) + Conjunctive Adverb + COMMA (,) + Clause
Example:
They were playing hockey; however, I was playing football.
Two clauses cannot be joined by:
--> COMMA ONLY
--> WITHOUT ANY PUNCTUATION.
Now, look at the options:
A. skill; hardly taking time
-->
Semicolon (;) + Clause should be there, but "hardly taking..." is not a clause.
B. skill, hardly tanking time
--> CORRECT
C. skill; scarcely taking time
--> Semicolon (;) + Clause: scarcely taking...is not a clause.
D. skill. Hardly taking time
--> Period + Clause should be correct, but Hardly taking time....is not a clause.
E. skill, he hardly takes time
---> COMMA + Clause has been used. It makes a run on sentence.
Answer is B.
