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While the term ‘sublimation’ has several meanings, in scientific terminology it is a process where a substance changes from solid to gaseous state, without entering the liquid state.
(A) While the term ‘sublimation’ has several meanings, in scientific terminology it is a process where
(B) The term ‘sublimation’ has several meanings, in scientific terminology it is a process in which
(C) While the term ‘sublimation’ has several meanings, in scientific terminology it refers to a process in which
(D) The term ‘sublimation’ has several meanings, in scientific terminology it refers to a process when
(E) The term ‘sublimation’, having several meanings in scientific terminology, refers to a process where
Official Explanation:
Answer: C
(A)
Where cannot be used to refer to a process, use
in which instead. Also,
a term is something is the wrong idiomatic construction.; the correct construction is
a term refers to something or someone.
(B) This is a run-on sentence.
(C) The correct answer. Does away with the run-on by making the first clause dependent on the second by the use of
while.
(D) This is a run-on sentence. Also,
when cannot refer to a
process.
(E)
Where cannot be used to refer to a
process. Also, distorts the meaning by suggesting that the term has several meanings in scientific terminology.