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The South African delegation expressed its grief on the demise of Nels [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 24 Oct 2019, 21:45
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The South African delegation expressed its grief on the demise of Nelson Mandela; they applauded his decision to seek treatment at home rather than go abroad.

a) Mandela; they applauded
b) Mandela; it applauded
c) Mandela; applauding
d) Mandela, they applauded
e) Mandela, it applauded

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Originally posted by globaldesi on 24 Oct 2019, 21:40.
Last edited by Bunuel on 24 Oct 2019, 21:45, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: The South African delegation expressed its grief on the demise of Nels [#permalink] New post   27 Oct 2019, 13:36
A. Incorrect. Delegation is singular. No correlation.
B. Correct. 'It' correlates to the delegation.
C. Incorrect. Would require a comma instead of a semicolon.
D. Incorrect. Same issue as A, also a run on sentence.
E. Incorrect. Run on sentence.
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Re: The South African delegation expressed its grief on the demise of Nels [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2019, 03:18
Hello, why would C require a comma instead of a semicolon?
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Re: The South African delegation expressed its grief on the demise of Nels [#permalink] New post   24 Dec 2019, 04:09
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A and D are clearly out.

C is wrong because of semi colon + modifier.

Between B and E, E is wrong because of run on sentence.
B is correct.
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Re: The South African delegation expressed its grief on the demise of Nels [#permalink] New post   28 Dec 2019, 17:03
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A semicolon connects two closely related statements, with each able to stand alone as an independent sentence
The two sides of the semi-colon seem related enough - demise and subsequent treatment.
The problem with C is that what comes after the semi-colon is not a main clause

"Applauding his decision to seek treatment at home rather than go abroad"
What is the subject? Someone is doing the applauding, but we don't know who
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