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Miller fired until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship
A) Miller fired until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship
B) Miller fired till it ran out of ammunition and was ordered that he abandons ship
C) Miller fired till it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandons ship
D) Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship
E) Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition; he was ordered to abandon ship
A) Miller fired until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship
B) Miller fired till it ran out of ammunition and was ordered that he abandons ship
C) Miller fired till it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandons ship
D) Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship
E) Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition; he was ordered to abandon ship
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Miller fired until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship
A) Miller fired until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship. (Fired what? object incomplete)
B) Miller fired till it ran out of ammunition and was ordered that he abandons (same as A)
C) Miller fired till it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandons ship (Same as A)
D) Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship. (Like in this and all above options, the and conveys improper meaning, the meaning these options convey is that him running out of ammunition and him being ordered to abandon the ship were simultaneous. )
E) Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition; he was ordered to abandon ship. (Conveys clear meaning that Miller was ordered to abandon the ship after running out of ammunition)
Hence, E
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A) Miller fired until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship. (Fired what? object incomplete)
B) Miller fired till it ran out of ammunition and was ordered that he abandons (same as A)
C) Miller fired till it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandons ship (Same as A)
D) Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship. (Like in this and all above options, the and conveys improper meaning, the meaning these options convey is that him running out of ammunition and him being ordered to abandon the ship were simultaneous. )
E) Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition; he was ordered to abandon ship. (Conveys clear meaning that Miller was ordered to abandon the ship after running out of ammunition)
Hence, E
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The word "and" does not have to convey simultaneous action. If it did, it would be pretty funny every time someone said they wanted to "get married and have a baby." What an event!
The only (potential) problem with D is that if we wanted to read it very literally, it could appear that the gun was ordered to abandon ship: "Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship." However, since that meaning is quite unlikely, most of us would read it correctly as "Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship."
The "and" here actually does a better job of conveying the causal relationship than the semicolon. At least with "and" we have the sense that the two actions are connected. Although E is alright, it would be pretty tough to make the case that D is wrong. Like many unofficial sentences, this question has no one clear answer.
The only (potential) problem with D is that if we wanted to read it very literally, it could appear that the gun was ordered to abandon ship: "Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship." However, since that meaning is quite unlikely, most of us would read it correctly as "Miller fired the gun until it ran out of ammunition and was ordered to abandon ship."
The "and" here actually does a better job of conveying the causal relationship than the semicolon. At least with "and" we have the sense that the two actions are connected. Although E is alright, it would be pretty tough to make the case that D is wrong. Like many unofficial sentences, this question has no one clear answer.
