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03 Jun 2020, 05:08
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Hi Sanjay, your original question was:
Should C not have a working verb in the latter part of the sentence.
My answer was:
If C had a working verb came in the latter part of the sentence, then C would have been a run-on sentence and hence wrong.
We can perhaps continue further discussion offline.
Should C not have a working verb in the latter part of the sentence.
My answer was:
If C had a working verb came in the latter part of the sentence, then C would have been a run-on sentence and hence wrong.
We can perhaps continue further discussion offline.
03 Jun 2020, 13:45
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imnik
The "increase" after $20.8 billion is definitely a noun. Stripping out the $ amount, we have, "...accounting for almost half of the increase...", where "the increase" is the object of the preposition.
The main subject of the sentence is "increases" (just after the opening modifier). Stripping out a few modifiers in (C), we have:
- "Increases accounted for almost half of the $20.8 billion increase in drug spending last year." - The main subject is "increases", and the main verb is "accounted".
Now look at choice (D):
Quote:
Starting with "accounting for", we just have a bunch of modifiers! If we strip out the "accounting..." clause and the "while..." clause and remove the opening modifier, we're left with, "Increases in the sales of the 50 drugs that were advertised most heavily."
Notice that "in the sales of the 50 drugs that were advertised most heavily" simply modifies the subject ("increases"). When we completely strip out the modifiers and extra information, we are left with a subject ("increases") that doesn't have a main verb!
So (D) is an incomplete sentence and can be eliminated.
Hi! I am confused on the overall structure of this sentence. If I cross out what is offset by commas "increases in the sales...coming", the sentence does not make sense to me. Can someone explain the role of modifiers in this sentence? To me, it appears as a run-on sentence just looking at the "increases...coming" leading into the ",the". Thank you so much!
VeritasKarishma would you be able to kindly help? Unfortunately, I did not receive a response from an expert. Your explanations are always so insightful, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
To clarify, I am confused on the "the remainder of the increase coming from sales of the 9,850 prescription medicines that companies did not advertise or advertised..." part. Is this an -ing modifier that is slightly delayed because of the beginning "the remainder of the increase"? If not, what type of modifier is this? Thank you again.
VeritasKarishma would you be able to kindly help? Unfortunately, I did not receive a response from an expert. Your explanations are always so insightful, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
To clarify, I am confused on the "the remainder of the increase coming from sales of the 9,850 prescription medicines that companies did not advertise or advertised..." part. Is this an -ing modifier that is slightly delayed because of the beginning "the remainder of the increase"? If not, what type of modifier is this? Thank you again.
