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Hello, anshgupta. There does not need to be a comma after credit in the correct option, although one could be used. This is a case in which the first element branches in a parallel construct (within the object of the preposition at that). The shell is as follows:
drains on the money supply revealed X and precipitated Y
Now, element X is expanded to include two items:
- a weak national infrastructure of banking
- [a weak national infrastructure of] credit
Because banking and credit is relatively short, the author of the sentence has decided that a comma is not needed to indicate a break between the first and second elements of the larger parallel construct, X and Y in my sentence above. It is more common to see a comma placed between such elements when the first involves a lengthier description and it might subsequently be hard to tell where the break occurs between X and Y (or whether the list was continuing). The following sentence comes from an official SC question. In it, you can see a comma used to indicate a break between X, has lived in England and Canada, and Y, first came to the United States.
[Author Bharati Mukherjee] has lived in England and Canada, and first came to the United States in 1961 to study at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Is the comma necessary? No, no more than it is in the sentence under discussion. It is just that the author of this particular sentence decided to take things in a different direction from what we see above in the answer to this question. Commas are one of the murkier punctuation marks in English grammar. If something looks off but you are unsure, it is probably better to leave that answer choice alone to look for more readily identifiable issues.
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The relative prosperity of the first years of the twentieth century came to a halt in 1907 when drains on the money supply, revealing a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit, it precipitated an economic crisis that lasted nearly a year.
(A) supply, revealing a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit, it precipitated
(B) supply, revealing a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit, they precipitated
(C) supply both revealed a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit and precipitating
(D) supply revealed both a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit and precipitating
(E) supply revealed a weak national infrastructure of banking and credit and precipitated
The relative prosperity of the first years of the twentieth century came to a halt in 1907 when drains on the money supply, revealing a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit, it precipitated an economic crisis that lasted nearly a year.
(A) supply, revealing a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit, it precipitated
(B) supply, revealing a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit, they precipitated
(C) supply both revealed a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit and precipitating
(D) supply revealed both a weak national financial infrastructure of banking and credit and precipitating
(E) supply revealed a weak national infrastructure of banking and credit and precipitated
