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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
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
(A) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
(B) because buyers can choose bronze, silver, gold, or platinum, there are
(C) however, buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum, and
(D) buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, platinum plans, but
(E) although buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans, there are
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Experts' Global Official Explanation:
Grammatical Construction+ Meaning
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended meaning of the crucial part of this sentence is thatmost insurance firms offer four tiers of coverage plans that buyers can choose among, and there is no plan more comprehensive than the platinum one and no plan less comprehensive than the bronze one. Besides, skipping the term “among” alters the meaning.
- • A comma cannot join two independent clauses; such usage leads to the error of comma splice; to correct this error, the comma must be replaced with semicolon or comma followed by a conjunction such as “and”, “but” etc.
• The “comma + and” (oxford comma) construction is used to join the last element of a list of more than two other elements.
A. Trap. This answer choice incorrectly uses a comma to join the independent clauses “buyers can choose among bronze, silver, gold plans, and platinum plans” and “there are no plans that offer…”; remember, a comma cannot join two independent clauses; such usage leads to the error of comma splice; to correct this error, the comma must be replaced with semicolon or comma followed by a conjunction such as “and”, “but” etc. Furthermore, in absence of a term such as “although”, this answer choice fails to convey the necessary contrast in the meaning.
B. Trap. This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “because buyers can choose…”; the use of “because” incorrectly implies that the absence of plans that offer greater coverage than the platinum plan or less than the bronze plan is because the bronze, silver, gold, and platinum plans are all available to customers; further, in absence of a term such as “although”, this answer choice fails to convey the necessary contrast in the meaning. The intended meaning of the sentence is that most insurance firms offer four tiers of coverage plans that buyers can choose among, and there is no plan more comprehensive than the platinum one and no plan less comprehensive than the bronze one. Besides, skipping the term “among” alters the meaning.
C. This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “however, buyers can choose…”; the use of “however” illogically implies that in spite of the fact that most insurance companies offer four tiers of coverage plans, buyers can choose among these plans. The intended meaning of the sentence is that most insurance firms offer four tiers of coverage plans that buyers can choose among, and there is no plan more comprehensive than the platinum one and no plan less comprehensive than the bronze one.
D. Trap. This answer choice incorrectly uses a comma to join the last element of a list (see: “, and platinum plans”) to the rest of the elements; please remember, the “comma + and” (oxford comma) construction must be used to join the last element of a list of more than two elements. Further, Option D has no active verb to act upon the noun “plans”, as “that offer” is a modifier; thus, this part of the sentence is incomplete and forms an incoherent meaning.
E. Correct. This answer choice correctly uses the phrase “although buyers can choose…” to maintain an appropriate sense of contrast, conveying the intended meaning of the sentence- that most insurance firms offer four tiers of coverage plans that buyers can choose among, and there is no plan more comprehensive than the platinum one and no plan less comprehensive than the bronze one. Further, Option E correctly uses a comma to join the dependent clause “although buyers can choose among…” to the independent clause “there are no plans that offer…”. Additionally, Option E correctly utilizes the “comma + and” (oxford comma) construction to join the last element of a list (see: “platinum”) to the other element. To learn more about the oxford comma construction, please watch this short video:
E is the best answer choice.
