ravi19012015 wrote:
sayantanc2k Can you solve my doubts? Thanks
In the question An Offer is made, so we need to take care of To Someone? Here, To Public. Is that one of the important things in this question?
I always get confused when there are couple of commas initially and later a semi colon. In that case I consider that because of excess commas earlier, the author used a semi-colon to just remove excess of commas; hence inserted a semi-colon. So that semi-colon may not be an independent clause in itself - is that understanding of mine correct? If yes, then is that excess commas earlier in the sentence and later inserting a semi-colon rule correct in original choice?
Further, because of above understanding, I considered
one of the first cities that was offering the public complimentary wireless Internet access; anyone with a wireless-enabled device can cities(Subject) that was offering (verb), and.....'can' as verb of Anyone. So in (A), "one of the first cities that was offering" is wrong because of additional THAT and/or because of Past Continuous Tense- was offering. Because past continuous has to be with respect to some other action, which will not be in continuous form. Thats why option (A) is wrong?
In option (C) I wasn't able to fit in 'To Offer'.
In option (C) if it were 'Cities offering ...', then will it be correct? And that 'To Public' plays a vital role for picking option (C)
Thank you again
"Offer to + object" and "offer + object" both can be correct.
I offered a beer to him.... correct. ( Indirect object "him" comes after direct object "beer": "to" required)
I offerd him a beer... correct. ( Indirect object "him" comes before direct object "beer": "to" not required)
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Semicolon can be used in the following cases:
1. To separate two Independent clauseS. here you may consider semicolon equivalent to a full stop.
2. Used instead of comma in nested lists. If there is a list within a list then comma is used in the outer list and semicolon in the inner.
However there is no rule that if there are many commas, one should use semicolon later.
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A is wrong because of past continuous. You correctly identified the error. There is no problem with "that". ("that...." is a relative clause modifier.)
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The core structure of option C is as follows:
In La Plata, anyone can access the Internet.
Now add a modifier for La Plata: one of the first cities to offer complimentary Internet. The sentence becomes,
In La Plata, one of the first cities to offer complimentary internet, anyone can access the Internet.
The following would also be correct:
In La Plata, one of the first cities offering complimentary internet, anyone can access the Internet. ("offering.." is a present participle modifier - could also have been a relative clause modifier" that offered or offers")
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