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As John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane was unable to understand the cause for his hysteria over the phone, so she dropped everything at work and drove home.
A. As John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane
B. Because John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane
C. John was hysterical to such a large degree that he could not articulate well and Jane
D. As John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well, Jane
E. John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane, who
A. As John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane
B. Because John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane
C. John was hysterical to such a large degree that he could not articulate well and Jane
D. As John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well, Jane
E. John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane, who
01 Dec 2021, 03:39
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My answer is (D). It took me 01:07.
"So" is one of the seven ("FANBOYS") coordinating conjunctions. The proper construction of a coordinating sentence is: IC1 + Comma + FANBOYS + IC2. (IC stands for independent clause).
(A) Incorrect because "As ..." is a subordinate / dependent clause. We expect an IC.
(B) Incorrect. "Because ..." is a subordinate / dependent clause. We expect an IC.
A different view to eliminate (B) is that "because" and "so" are redundant.
(C) There are two issues.
1. "and" is one of the seven ("FANBOYS") coordinating conjunctions. The proper construction of a coordinating sentence is: IC1 + Comma + FANBOYS + IC2. The comma is missing before "and Jane".
2. ”to such a large degree that“ is frowned upon in GMAT. Use "so/such ... that..." instead.
(D) "As ..." is a subordinate / dependent clause. It is fine in this version because it is followed by an IC ("Jane was unable to understand the cause for his hysteria over the phone").
(E) Not a sentence. If we cross out the nonrestrictive relative clause ("who was unable to understand the cause for his hysteria over the phone"), it reads:
As John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane, so she dropped everything at work and drove home.
"So" is one of the seven ("FANBOYS") coordinating conjunctions. The proper construction of a coordinating sentence is: IC1 + Comma + FANBOYS + IC2. (IC stands for independent clause).
(A) Incorrect because "As ..." is a subordinate / dependent clause. We expect an IC.
(B) Incorrect. "Because ..." is a subordinate / dependent clause. We expect an IC.
A different view to eliminate (B) is that "because" and "so" are redundant.
(C) There are two issues.
1. "and" is one of the seven ("FANBOYS") coordinating conjunctions. The proper construction of a coordinating sentence is: IC1 + Comma + FANBOYS + IC2. The comma is missing before "and Jane".
2. ”to such a large degree that“ is frowned upon in GMAT. Use "so/such ... that..." instead.
(D) "As ..." is a subordinate / dependent clause. It is fine in this version because it is followed by an IC ("Jane was unable to understand the cause for his hysteria over the phone").
(E) Not a sentence. If we cross out the nonrestrictive relative clause ("who was unable to understand the cause for his hysteria over the phone"), it reads:
As John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane, so she dropped everything at work and drove home.
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01 Dec 2021, 03:06
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The second part of the sentence has: "so she dropped everything at work and drove home." which means, the first part cannot start with "As... ". Therefore, Options A, B, D are eliminated. Regarding Option E: "E. John was so hysterical that he could not articulate well and Jane, who was unable to understand the cause for his hysteria over the phone, so she dropped everything at work and drove home" is also not fitting well with the second part that has "so she dropped everything". Therefore, Option C is correct.
