Around the World in 80 Questions (Day 2): The national insurance firm

Analysis: there are no issues in the sentence ICs are joined with the semicolon and correct meaning so ans is A
(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - Ans
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are - not intended meaning
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and - not intended meaning
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but - not intended meaning
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - not intended meaning

The national insurance firm offers four tiers of coverage plans; buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are no plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum tier or less than the bronze.

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
incorrect - run on sentence - buyers can choose......, there are no plans....
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are
incorrect - the sentence doesn't makes any sense. It implies that because the buyers can choose either of the four plans, so there are no other plans.
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and
incorrect - buyers can choose among bronze,.... and platinum(what? - plans), and no plans ..(that clause)
parallelism issue - clause, and phrase +modifier
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but
incorrect - list bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans should have (,and) before platinum plans. Also the meaning of the sentence is awkward as it implies that buyers can choose among the four available plans, but no plans ...(that clause )
Also, parallelism issue - clause, but phrase +modifier
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
Correct - Dependent clause, Independent clause
The intended meaning is clear and concise.
Answer E

IMO, only A and E makes sense, however, E is connects the underlined section well with the last part of the sentence .

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In the original sentence, there should be a conjunction between two clauses instead of a comma.

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are: INCORRECT, instead of comma there should be a conjunction before there are

(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are: INCORRECT, nonsensical as buyers need to choose plans not metals such as bronze, silver etc.

(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and: INCORRECT, nonsensical as buyers need to choose plans not metals such as bronze, silver etc.

(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but: INCORRECT, missing AND between gold, platinum plans.

(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are: CORRECT, subordinating conjunction modifies there are in a correct manner.

IMO E.

Meaning: The insurance company offers 4 tiers of plans. Because there are only 4 tiers, customers can't choose tier higher than the max one or lower than the minimum one.
-Base on the meaning, we can quickly choose B. But we will dive deeper into other choices
A) the clause after the semicolon contains 2 independent clauses without FANBOYS=> Incorrect.
C) "however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and..." This is not a complete sentence since it lacks of a verb. After a semicolon, we need a full sentence.
D) "buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but..." Comma+FANBOYS is a trigger for a complete sentence but still we have no complete sentence here. The clause after "but" lacks of a complete verb-"that offer greater..." modifies for plans so "offer" can't be the verb of the sentence.
E) Meaning error. There is no contradiction here. People can choose 4 tiers (for example from 1 to 4), so it is naturally not to have tier 5 or 0.
The answer is B

The national insurance firm offers four tiers of coverage plans; buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are no plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum tier or less than the bronze.

The original underlined sentence has correct use of semicolon as there are two independent clauses joined by a semicolon. However, the sentence has one fundamental error.
The intended meaning of the sentence is that buyers have the option to choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans as offered by the national insurance firm but they have restrictions i.e. if one wants more coverage one cannot get any greater coverage than what Platinum plan plan has to offer and if one wants less coverage then the least coverage offered is by the bronze plan and one cannot get lower than that.

Hence there should have been a conjunction such as 'but' or 'however' after the comma to link two contrastive clauses.

Let's look at the options:

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
As discussed above it is INCORRECT

(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are
Wrong use of because here. When two independent clauses are joined by semicolon, because cannot be used after the semicolon. INCORRECT

(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and
Though we can use however after a semicolon which is used to join two independent clauses, the use of 'and' after the comma doesn't convey the intended meaning. These are two contrastive statements and they should be joined by using conjunctions like but, however etc. INCORRECT

(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but
This option choice conveys the intended meaning as well as uses the conjunction 'but' correctly. After a comma 'but' can be used to join two independent clauses which is true in this case. CORRECT

(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
The meaning is vague here even though the usage of 'although' is correct. INCORRECT

This question tests us on sentence structure

A. There is no fanboy after comma connecting 2 sentences
B. "because" is wrongly used here. 2 sentences are not related as cause-effect.
C. After "and", there is no complete sentence. "However" is also wrongly used.
D. Same problem as C, incomplete sentence after fanboy "but"
E. Correct. Structure is correct. No error.

Ans. - E

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - After platinum plans there should have been a ";" as the statement that follows is a different statement and does not follow the previous statement. - Incorrect
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are - This is incorrect since the choosing plans is not the reason for the statement that follows. - Incorrect
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and - This sentence provide continuity. - Incorrect
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but - This sentence provide continuity. - Incorrect
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - Correct

The national insurance firm offers four tiers of coverage plans; buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are no plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum tier or less than the bronze.

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
a 'run-on' sentence; conjunction is needed after 'plans'

(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are
use of 'because' doesn't convey the meaning appropriately; it's not a cause-and-effect scenario

(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and
the latter sentence adds on to the idea in the previous sentence, use of 'however' also doesn't convey the meaning appropriately

(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but
use of 'but' is not appropriate since 'there are no plans...bronze' is not opposite to the previous idea pertaining to variety of plans

(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
use of 'although' appropriately conveys the additional idea conveyed after listing out the various plans; hence, the correct answer


(E) is the CORRECT answer

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are--two ics cannot be joined through comma
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are--this is not a cause and effect relationship
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and-however and--wrong construction
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but--but is not required...not talking about sth totally opposite
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are--correct

The national insurance firm offers four tiers of coverage plans; buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are no plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum tier or less than the bronze.

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - looks correct
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are - change meaning and original intention
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and - change meaning and incorrect paralelism
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but - meaning change and there is no 'and' before platinum
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - meaning change....

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Options
A- Two independent clauses cannot be joined together using a comma- "Buyers can choose.....plans, there are..."
B- Two independent clauses cannot be joined together using a comma- "Buyers can choose.....plans, there are..."
C- Use of simple "and" to show contrast is erroneous
D- The sentence structure " but no plans that offer..." lacks a verb.
E- Although is used to introduce a contrast correctly.

Option D as it is grammatically most apt

The national insurance firm offers four tiers of coverage plans; buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are no plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum tier or less than the bronze.

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - correct
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are - there is nothing that because would explain
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and - there is nothing that however juxtaposes
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but- - but no plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum tier or less than the bronze. - makes no sense
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are- although does not make sense

answer A

The national insurance firm offers four tiers of coverage plans; buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are no plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum tier or less than the bronze.

Based on the first sentence, we expect additional details of 4 plans. Since there are more than 2 plans, among is the right word to use. some of the options have because, however, although, the sentence does not need contrast.

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are -> keep it
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are --> no need for because
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and -> no need for however
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but -> missing and before platinum plans and no need for but
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are -> no need for although

Answer is A

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - Incorrect as conjunction is required after the comma( before there are)
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are - Incorrect meaning issue
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and - Incorrect meaning issue
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but - incorrect as we need to show the contrast of bronze, and platinum plans with respect to other plans.
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are - Correct.

(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
"...plans, there are" is comma splice

(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are
"Because" cannot be used here. It implies that as buyers can choose between 4 plans, there are no plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum or less than bronze. This clearly is not the case and makes no sense.

(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and
After a semicolon the clause must be independent, and the usage of "however" here makes this clause a dependent clause.

(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but
There is an omission of 'and' between "...,gold, platinum plans...", and "but" does not work in this instance.

(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
Correct.

Answer E