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In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most [#permalink] New post   12 Aug 2019, 02:30
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In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.

(A) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.
(B) to most medical and legal transcriptionists, now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it.
(C) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists are desirable of it.
(D) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accepted it as desirable.
(E) to most medical and legal transcriptionists. Now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists will accept it as desirable.
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Re: In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2019, 09:56
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In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.

(A) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.
(B) to most medical and legal transcriptionists, now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it.
(C) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists are desirable of it.
(D) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accepted it as desirable.
(E) to most medical and legal transcriptionists. Now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists will accept it as desirable.

Answer choice (B) is correct as it uses the most concise language and correct tense.

(A) is incorrect as "as desirable" is implied in the contrast made to "an anathema."
(C) is incorrect because of the awkward construction "are desirable of it," which could be replaced with an active verb ("accept").
(D) is incorrect because of redundancy ("as desirable," as in A) and because of the use of past tense to refer to the present tense suggested by "now."
(E) is incorrect because of redundancy ("as desirable," as in A) and because of the use of the future tense to refer to the present tense suggested by "now."
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Re: In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2019, 23:53
Can someone explain the difference in Option A and Option E.
Semicolon has to be used before however right?
The full stop and semicolon is the only difference between the two options
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Re: In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2019, 05:28
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In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.

(A) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.
(B) to most medical and legal transcriptionists, now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it. OUT, Incorrect meaning.

(C) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists are desirable of it. OUT, Incorrect meaning.
(D) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accepted it as desirable. OUT, Incorrect meaning.
(E) to most medical and legal transcriptionists. Now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists will accept it as desirable. OUT, Incorrect meaning. Future tense with Now doesn't match.

IMO E.
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Re: In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most [#permalink] New post   14 Aug 2019, 06:17
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In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.

Hi Folks,
Given sentence contains two independent clauses(IC1 & IC2) and they are joined by a semi-colon.
IC1: In the early 1990s, voice recognition software was an anathema to most medical and legal transcriptionists
IC2:now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.
Subject Verb: None of the independent clauses has a SV error.
Pronoun: "It" correctly refers to singular subject of the IC1- voice recognition software.
Modifier: In the early 1990s, is in non underlined portion. "However" is between a comma pair. OK
Meaning: clear and crisp.
Looks like sentence is good as it is. Lets reject rest of the options on solid grounds.
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(A) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it as desirable.
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(B) to most medical and legal transcriptionists, now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accept it.
Replacing semi-colon with a comma calls for a FANBOYS. So, this makes the sentence incorrect. Incorrect
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(C) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists are desirable of it.
Changes the meaning of the sentence. Incorrect
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(D) to most medical and legal transcriptionists; now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists accepted it as desirable.
Past form of accept is unnecessary. Plus, using it with "now" makes no sense. Incorrect
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(E) to most medical and legal transcriptionists. Now, however, most medical and legal transcriptionists will accept it as desirable.
Use of simple future changes the meaning. Incorrect
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