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Scientific studies on bioelectric effects primarily focus on the following: nerve or muscle tissue, electric organs in certain fish, the effects of damaged tissue, and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(A) following: nerve or muscle tissue, electric organs in certain fish, the effects of damaged tissue, and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(B) following; nerve or muscle tissue, electric organs in certain fish, the effects of damaged tissue, and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(C) following; nerve or muscle tissue; electric organs in certain fish; the effects of damaged tissue; and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(D) following: nerve or muscle tissue; electric organs in certain fish; the effects of damaged tissue; and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(E) following: nerve or muscle tissue, electric organs in certain fish, the effects of damaged tissue, and organs including the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
Scientific studies on bioelectric effects primarily focus on the following: nerve or muscle tissue, electric organs in certain fish, the effects of damaged tissue, and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(A) following: nerve or muscle tissue, electric organs in certain fish, the effects of damaged tissue, and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(B) following; nerve or muscle tissue, electric organs in certain fish, the effects of damaged tissue, and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(C) following; nerve or muscle tissue; electric organs in certain fish; the effects of damaged tissue; and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(D) following: nerve or muscle tissue; electric organs in certain fish; the effects of damaged tissue; and such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
(E) following: nerve or muscle tissue, electric organs in certain fish, the effects of damaged tissue, and organs including the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
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A semi colon is used to join two independent clauses which do not have a co-ordinating conjunction but it has other uses too. It is used to separate the elements of a list in which the elements are complex (the elements themselves may have some commas in them).
Elements in parallel:
- nerve or muscle tissue
- electric organs in certain fish
- the effects of damaged tissue
- such organs as the heart, ear, stomach, and brain.
If we separate them with a comma, the commas after heart, ear etc create confusion as to which elements are in parallel.
That is why we use semi colons to separate these elements.
31 Dec 2021, 10:31
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Solution:
This question tests punctuation, which is rare in GMAT but has started appearing in official gmat questions over the last few years.
You can use a colon to begin a list of items or to elaborate on a sentence.
A semicolon can be used to separate independent clauses, or to separate groups of items in a list.
A: A is grammatically ok. You will find this sort of punctuation in many places outside of GMAT. However, this not the clearest way to punctuate this list. Leave A as a maybe in case there is no better option.
BC: Use a colon to offset the list of items, not a semicolon. The semicolon is only used to separate independent clauses or to separate groups of items in a list.
C: C uses the later semicolons correctly however.
D: Correct
E: Similar to A, use semicolons to separate the groups of items, since the list's group items themselves contain commas
