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On the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, water remains frozen, but the gravitational force of Jupiter and its other moons cause contractions that may generate so much heat that it would melt ice below Europa's surface.
(A) moons cause contractions that may generate so much heat that it would melt
(B) moons cause contractions, with enough heat generated for melting
(C) moons causes contractions that may generate enough heat to melt
(D) moons, causing contractions, may generate so much heat to melt
(E) moons, which causes contractions, may generate enough heat for melting
(A) moons cause contractions that may generate so much heat that it would melt
(B) moons cause contractions, with enough heat generated for melting
(C) moons causes contractions that may generate enough heat to melt
(D) moons, causing contractions, may generate so much heat to melt
(E) moons, which causes contractions, may generate enough heat for melting
Updated on: 10 Sep 2014, 17:44
Originally posted by LighthousePrep on 10 Sep 2014, 17:41.
Last edited by LighthousePrep on 10 Sep 2014, 17:44, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by LighthousePrep on 10 Sep 2014, 17:44, edited 1 time in total.
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Hi honchos,
The best way to attack this question is to break down the sentence.
We can see that this is a compound sentence because of the ", but". A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma.
This indicates that we should have two complete sentences on either side of the coordinator. Let's focus on the second sentence. The subject is "force". The verb (underlined) is "cause". These do not agree. Thus, we can already eliminate answer choice (A). Note the first answer choice in Sentence Correction on the GMAT is always what's underlined in the question. We can also eliminate (B) for the same reason.
Answer choice (C) has a verb that agrees with the subject, and sounds good.
Answer choice (D) is incorrect because the verb "may generate" is modifying "force" instead of "contractions", as intended. The sentence is trying to say that the contractions may generate enough heat to melt ice. The phrase "causing contractions" is used to describe the subject, "force". Answer choice (E) is incorrect for the same reason as (D); the verb is modifying the wrong noun.
Hope this helps!
The best way to attack this question is to break down the sentence.
We can see that this is a compound sentence because of the ", but". A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma.
This indicates that we should have two complete sentences on either side of the coordinator. Let's focus on the second sentence. The subject is "force". The verb (underlined) is "cause". These do not agree. Thus, we can already eliminate answer choice (A). Note the first answer choice in Sentence Correction on the GMAT is always what's underlined in the question. We can also eliminate (B) for the same reason.
Answer choice (C) has a verb that agrees with the subject, and sounds good.
Answer choice (D) is incorrect because the verb "may generate" is modifying "force" instead of "contractions", as intended. The sentence is trying to say that the contractions may generate enough heat to melt ice. The phrase "causing contractions" is used to describe the subject, "force". Answer choice (E) is incorrect for the same reason as (D); the verb is modifying the wrong noun.
Hope this helps!
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A compound sentence joined by a coordinator does not Necessarily contains two independent Clause.
FANBOY can also join IC + FANBOY + DC
