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I have a doubt regarding the use of semi colon and although.

Can we use Although with a semi colon , even if it makes a clause dependent

In the usage of a semicolon that you're asking about, where the semicolon separates two related independent clauses (two clauses that could each be complete sentences), then no, you could not have a semicolon that separates a dependent clause from the independent clause it depends on, whether using 'although' or any other subordinating conjunction.

But that's not happening in this question. I'll take the OA, D, and simplify the language a lot:

Lawyers have been studying the Airline Act; although the Act's purpose is noble, its hasty approval has left it with some loopholes.

The text I've highlighted in red is not a dependent clause. It's a complete sentence, and it can correctly follow a semicolon. If we just look at that red part and think of it as its own sentence:

Although the Act's purpose is noble, its hasty approval has left it with some loopholes.

then the part I've now highlighted in blue is a dependent clause, but it depends on the next part of the sentence. The independent clause here is "its hasty approval has left it with some loopholes" (which can stand alone as a sentence). The blue text is not dependent on the text that came before the semicolon.
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Can we use ’s with a non-living thing? There are some official question in which, though not the main point, but one point of elimination was that if I remember correctly.

Can someone please confirm as I am a little confused now.
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