adymehta29
A. A hypothesis known as Cetartiodactyla theorizes that whales and hippopotamuses evolved from a common ancestor, therefore the closest living relative of the whale is the hippopotamus and vice versa.
how come A is wrong ?
C has pronoun they, they could refer to either whales or hippopotamuses
i know the meaning will still be correct, but still.
can anyone please explain it in detail.
thanks
Hi Ady, Let me try to explain why A is wrong ?
I hope you know how we can join two independent clauses. There are 4 conjunctions to fuse two ideas as following :
1. Coordinating conjunction
2. Subordinate conjunction
3. Semicolon
4. Adverbial conjunction (goes with semicolon to join clause)
For more detail refer chapter 10
MGMAT SC guide.
Here in option A. I have marked respective subject verb pairs below. So, they are 2 IC joined by
, therefore and comma does not work as conjunction.
Further, therefore is an adverbial conjunction it's role is different. people sometimes mistake adverbial conjunction for subordinate conjunction, but they are completely different types. Main error in A is run-on construction, as we can not join 2 ICs with comma + adverbial conjunction.
A.
A hypothesis known as Cetartiodactyla
theorizes that whales and hippopotamuses evolved from a common ancestor
, therefore the closest living relative of the whale
is the hippopotamus and vice versa.
Refer this link to understand usage of adverbial conjunctions : https://www.chompchomp.com/terms/conjunctiveadverb.htm