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The projected cost of making much-needed repairs to bridges is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, however for the public’s safety, repairs must be made.
A) is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, however
B) are no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, but
C) is no small issue for any municipal, and for any state or federal government, and
D) are no small issue for any municipal, for any state, or for any federal government, but
E) is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government; however,
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
When however is used to connect two independent clauses (and thus forms a "compound sentence"), the word however must be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.
Read this short but good post, here to understand (1) that you must use a semicolon when however joins two independent clauses but (2) that you may use however without a semicolon in other situations.
The meaning of the sentence contains contrast.
On the one hand, the projected cost of making repairs is no small issue for any level of government.
(No small issue is standard expression that means a challenging issue. The cost of repairs is high.)
On the other hand, despite their costliness, repairs must be made in order to ensure the public's safety.
THE OPTIONS
→ Because however is connecting two independent clauses, it must be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.
ELIMINATE A
→ The singular subject cost requires the singular verb is.
ELIMINATE B
• contrast is not conveyed
→ The use of and at the end of the sentence fails to bring out the contrast inherent in the sentence.
• not parallel
→ The construction for any municipal, and for any state or federal government is confusing and not parallel.
Corrected: . . . for any municipal, state, or federal government
ELIMINATE C
→ The singular subject cost requires the singular verb is.
• the repetition of the preposition for is not as concise as the construction in option E
→ in a list, a preposition should be placed before only the first item or before all list items
→ that said, especially when the preposition is the same and it is easy to see that the preposition "distributes" across all the list items, GMAC tends to prefer placing the preposition before only the first item in the list.
This style note would not be enough to eliminate this answer on its own. Coupled with the other error and compared to option E, though, this construction is the inferior of the two.
ELIMINATE D
• the conjunctive adverb however is preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.
KEEP
The correct answer is E.
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Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
When however is used to connect two independent clauses (and thus forms a "compound sentence"), the word however must be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.
Read this short but good post, here to understand (1) that you must use a semicolon when however joins two independent clauses but (2) that you may use however without a semicolon in other situations.
The meaning of the sentence contains contrast.
On the one hand, the projected cost of making repairs is no small issue for any level of government.
(No small issue is standard expression that means a challenging issue. The cost of repairs is high.)
On the other hand, despite their costliness, repairs must be made in order to ensure the public's safety.
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
• a semicolon is missing
→ Because however is connecting two independent clauses, it must be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
• subject/verb disagreement
→ The singular subject cost requires the singular verb is.
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
• contrast is not conveyed
→ The use of and at the end of the sentence fails to bring out the contrast inherent in the sentence.
• not parallel
→ The construction for any municipal, and for any state or federal government is confusing and not parallel.
Corrected: . . . for any municipal, state, or federal government
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
• subject/verb agreement
→ The singular subject cost requires the singular verb is.
• the repetition of the preposition for is not as concise as the construction in option E
→ in a list, a preposition should be placed before only the first item or before all list items
→ that said, especially when the preposition is the same and it is easy to see that the preposition "distributes" across all the list items, GMAC tends to prefer placing the preposition before only the first item in the list.
This style note would not be enough to eliminate this answer on its own. Coupled with the other error and compared to option E, though, this construction is the inferior of the two.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• correct subject/verb pairing: singular cost agrees with singular is
• the conjunctive adverb however is preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.
KEEP
The correct answer is E.
COMMENTS
It is good to see you all—especially because these answers range from very good to excellent.
Nice work.
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The projected cost of making much-needed repairs to bridges is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, however for the public’s safety, repairs must be made.
A) is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, however — “however” conjunction must be followed by another comma or either a semi colon.
B) are no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, but — SV error. “Projected cost” is singular subject and will require a singular verb.
C) is no small issue for any municipal, and for any state or federal government, and — “and” doesn’t adequately show the contrast between first and second parts of the sentence. Eliminate.
D) are no small issue for any municipal, for any state, or for any federal government, but — Eliminate. Same reason as B.
E) is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government; however, — Correct. Fixes the issue in A. Correct answer imo.
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The projected cost of making much-needed repairs to bridges is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, however for the public’s safety, repairs must be made.
A) is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, however — “however” conjunction must be followed by another comma or either a semi colon.
B) are no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government, but — SV error. “Projected cost” is singular subject and will require a singular verb.
C) is no small issue for any municipal, and for any state or federal government, and — “and” doesn’t adequately show the contrast between first and second parts of the sentence. Eliminate.
D) are no small issue for any municipal, for any state, or for any federal government, but — Eliminate. Same reason as B.
E) is no small issue for any municipal, state, or federal government; however, — Correct. Fixes the issue in A. Correct answer imo.
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