Growing competitive pressures may be encouraging auditors to bend the rules in favor of clients; auditors may, for instance, allow a questionable loan to remain on the books in order to maintain a bank’s profits on paper. (A) clients; auditors may, for instance, allow (B) clients, as an instance, to allow (C) clients, like to allow (D) clients, such as to be allowing (E) clients; which might, as an instance, be the allowing of

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Hi, I Accidently ruled out 'A' because the semicolon. The reason was that the word 'For' followed it and since it's one of the FANBOYS words I thought it would be a mistake to seperate the two caluses by a semicolon.

Can someone please explain when a FANBOYS word eliminate the semicolon and whether it is neccesery for the grammatic correctness of the sentence?

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For can be used in many, many ways as a preposition. However, it is one of the "FANBOYS" only when it means "because" (because, however, is not one of the "FANBOYS").

She refused to accept defeat, for she knew that she could do better. ← This sentence is fine (the for means because).
She refused to accept defeat; for she knew that she could do better. ← Here we don't need a semicolon and a for. This construction therefore introduces redundancy.

For instance, on the other hand, is just a phrase that is used to introduce examples. It is not a conjunction.

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I didn't get why A is correct

Semi colon is used to join two I.C but after semi colon it's given an example so it isn't acting as dependent clause by giving examlle of previous clause

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saby1410, just because it's an example doesn't make it a dependent clause. An independent clause has a subject, verb and object – the statement after the semicolon meets all these criteria.

If you read the second statement alone, it is a coherent thought.

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Just to add to Palak's excellent point, do remember that while it may not sound very intuitive, Independent clauses can start with words such as instead, consequently, moreover, likewise, therefore, however and otherwise.

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses this aspect of Independent clauses. Have attached the corresponding section of the book, for your reference.

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OE:
Grammatical construction; Rhetorical construction
This sentence correctly joins two independent clauses with a semicolon.
The first clause makes a generalization; the second clause gives a
particular example that supports the generalization.
A. Correct. This sentence correctly has two independent clauses with
linked ideas joined with a semicolon.
B. In trying to condense two main clauses into one, this construction
produces an ungrammatical sequence of words with no clear
meaning.
C. The preposition like should not be used to introduce the infinitive
phrase to allow . . . ; the comparative preposition like is properly
used to draw a comparison between two nouns.
D. Such as to be allowing is not a correct idiomatic expression.
E. The semicolon is followed by a wordy, incorrect construction rather
than an independent clause.
The correct answer is A.

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A...The clause after the semicolon should have a complete meaning...That's done correctly in A...

well thanks for the answer but I did not understand when we use semicolon ?

Sentences on both sides of the semi colon should be independent clauses.

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Here the verb-ing word (Growing) is functioning as an Adjective?

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Here the verb-ing word (Growing) is functioning as an Adjective?

Hi pratiksha1998,

Yes, "growing" here is used to modify "competitive pressures". Since, it is modifying a noun, it is an adjective.

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Here the verb-ing word (Growing) is functioning as an Adjective?

Yes Pratiksha, as in all the following cases:

Encouraging trend, soaring temperature, smiling baby, amazing incident, broken arrow.

Such "verb forms" that act as adjectives, are called participles. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses Participles, their application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.

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