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In 1929, nearly 90 percent of the US population attended a movie once a week; and only 20 percent in 1990.

A) week; and only 20 percent
B) week; while 20 percent did so
C) week, but only 20 percent
D) week, a number that fell to 20 percent
E) week; as compared to 20 percent



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In 1929, nearly 90 percent of the US population attended a Updated on: 13 Aug 2004, 20:11
Originally posted by venksune on 13 Aug 2004, 11:59.
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D.

The statement after the semicolon has to stay on its own...A,B and E do not stand on its own. Between C and D, is more complete.


I am adding the foll..points.
1. After Semicolon, 'and', 'while' and 'as compared to' are wrong.
2. AND or BUT should follow a comma. BUT follows a comma here, except that, the sentence sounds awkward (I am still having my fingers crossed on it though)
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In 1929, nearly 90 percent of the US population attended a movie once a week; and only 20 percent in 1990.
A) week; and only 20 percent
B) week; while 20 percent did so
C) week, but only 20 percent
D) week, a number that fell to 20 percent
E) week; as compared to 20 percent
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as stated by Venksune, Semi-Colon(;) needs an independent sentence. C or D is possible.
C for me. "90%" doesn't suggest a number. furthermore, percentage is plural, "a number" is singular.
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I vote D.

C sounds bizarre... "but only 20 percent in 1990" seems like it should be
"but only 20 percent did so in 1990"
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In 1929, nearly 90 percent of the US population attended a movie once a week; and only 20 percent in 1990.

A) week; and only 20 percent
B) week; while 20 percent did so
C) week, but only 20 percent
D) week, a number that fell to 20 percent
E) week; as compared to 20 percent
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After semicolon, we need a sentence that can stand alone itself..hence the only option is D. This was easy! :)
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In 1929, nearly 90 percent of the US population attended a movie once a week; and only 20 percent in 1990.

A) week; and only 20 percent
B) week; while 20 percent did so
C) week, but only 20 percent
D) week, a number that fell to 20 percent
E) week; as compared to 20 percent
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I agree with the folks above that to have a semi-colon, the portion of a sentence following must be able to stand on its own. ABE don't qualify this criteria. The answer is C by poe. D says that whatever the number that represented 90% of U.S. population in 1929 went down to 20% of pop. in 1990. If D had said "a percentage that fell", I think D would make sense. Also, I believe ellipsis can be applied to C.

What's the OA?
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Tough one, for the same explanation as venksune's but I choose B.
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Nice discussion and these questions are tricky ones indeed. OA is C
OE: In this context, a semicolon is incorrect, since what follows it is not an independent clause. Choice C uses the construction that is most parallel to the first half of the sentence, as well as the logical conjunction but



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