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Next month, state wildlife officials are scheduled to take over the job of increasing the wolf population in the federally designated recovery area, the number of which will however ultimately be dictated by the number of prey in the area.
(A) area, the number of which will however
“Which” refers to the wolf population. But you cannot have the number of wolf population. It is either the number of wolves or the size of the wolf population. Eliminate.
(B) area; the size of the population, however, will
A semicolon is used to connect two independent clauses. The error in A has been corrected in option B.
(C) area, however the number of wolves will
The number of wolves is correct. However, we cannot use a comma to connect two independent clauses. “However” cannot be used as a conjunction to connect two independent clauses. Eliminate.
I was tired, however, I could not sleep- Incorrect.
I was tired. However, I could not sleep- correct.
I was tired; however, I could not sleep- correct.
I was tired but I could not sleep- correct. “But” is a conjunction and hence can be used as a connector.
(D) area; the number of which will, however,
Same as A. Eliminate.
(E) area, when the size of the population will, however,
“When” is incorrect as there is no reference to time. Eliminate.
(A) area, the number of which will however
“Which” refers to the wolf population. But you cannot have the number of wolf population. It is either the number of wolves or the size of the wolf population. Eliminate.
(B) area; the size of the population, however, will
A semicolon is used to connect two independent clauses. The error in A has been corrected in option B.
(C) area, however the number of wolves will
The number of wolves is correct. However, we cannot use a comma to connect two independent clauses. “However” cannot be used as a conjunction to connect two independent clauses. Eliminate.
I was tired, however, I could not sleep- Incorrect.
I was tired. However, I could not sleep- correct.
I was tired; however, I could not sleep- correct.
I was tired but I could not sleep- correct. “But” is a conjunction and hence can be used as a connector.
(D) area; the number of which will, however,
Same as A. Eliminate.
(E) area, when the size of the population will, however,
“When” is incorrect as there is no reference to time. Eliminate.
Thank you for this helpful explanation. This may be a minor typo, but don't you need a comma before "but" in your example because two independent clauses joined by a FANBOY requires a comma?
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Next month, state wildlife officials are scheduled to take over the job of increasing the wolf population in the federally designated recovery area, the number of which will however ultimately be dictated by the number of prey in the area.
(A) area, the number of which will however
(B) area; the size of the population, however, will
(C) area, however the number of wolves will
(D) area; the number of which will, however,
(E) area, when the size of the population will, however,
(A) area, the number of which will however
(B) area; the size of the population, however, will
(C) area, however the number of wolves will
(D) area; the number of which will, however,
(E) area, when the size of the population will, however,
Hi Experts GMATNinja KarishmaB egmat mgmat Bunuel AbdurRakib sayantanc2k
I want to know if we have other reasons to eliminate option (C). I get it that we should have used ";" to separate the 2 independent clauses....But can be also eliminate it on the basis that it doesn't represent "contract" as per the usage of however. I am really curious to know the answer.
Maybe the correct version could be
Next month, though state wildlife officials are scheduled to take over the job of increasing the wolf population in the federally designated recovery area, however the number of wolves will ultimately be dictated by the number of prey in the area.
Thanks.
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Next month, state wildlife officials are scheduled to take over the job of increasing the wolf population in the federally designated recovery area, the number of which will however ultimately be dictated by the number of prey in the area.
(A) area, the number of which will however
(B) area; the size of the population, however, will
(C) area, however the number of wolves will
(D) area; the number of which will, however,
(E) area, when the size of the population will, however,
(A) area, the number of which will however
(B) area; the size of the population, however, will
(C) area, however the number of wolves will
(D) area; the number of which will, however,
(E) area, when the size of the population will, however,
Hi Experts GMATNinja KarishmaB egmat mgmat Bunuel AbdurRakib sayantanc2k
I want to know if we have other reasons to eliminate option (C). I get it that we should have used ";" to separate the 2 independent clauses....But can be also eliminate it on the basis that it doesn't represent "contract" as per the usage of however. I am really curious to know the answer.
Maybe the correct version could be
Next month, though state wildlife officials are scheduled to take over the job of increasing the wolf population in the federally designated recovery area, however the number of wolves will ultimately be dictated by the number of prey in the area.
Thanks.
'However' is a conjunctive adverb. We cannot use a conjunctive adverb alone or with a comma to join two independent clauses. Two independent clauses (the way we have here) can be joined either using a semi colon or using 'a comma + co-ordinating conjunction.'
Hence the sentence you suggested is not correct. Also, we should not use both 'though' and 'however' to show contrast. We need to use only one of them.
We can correct it in the following ways:
Next month, state wildlife officials are scheduled to take over the job of increasing the wolf population in the federally designated recovery [u]area; however, the number of wolves will ultimately be dictated by the number of prey in the area.
or
Though state wildlife officials are scheduled to take over the job of increasing the wolf population in the federally designated recovery area next month, the number of wolves will ultimately be dictated by the number of prey in the area.
