[Video] Q22: No change or series or or series, or series, while

Explanation for Question 22 From the Writing Section on the 2018 May Sat

For question number 22, let's take a look at our sentence 2 with the underlined portion here though. 3 Conan Doyle would always Harbor ambivalence about the series, 4 but it is the large body of home stories and countless adaptations that have 5 been responsible for the author's lasting luggage legacy. 6 So here we can definitely see just from reading this out, 7 that it doesn't sound quite correct. 8 We wouldn't say though Doyle would Harbor ambivalence, 9 but it is the large body of stories. 10 Um, but it's used to sort of illustrate this contrast between 11 the authors ambivalence and the connection of what he's ambivalent about to his 12 success. Um, so we don't really want to use both, 13 but, and though both illustrate contrast. 14 So using both is a little bit redundant, 15 a little bit confusing when we have already been introduced to a sentence starting 16 off with though, we don't really expect to need another contrasting 17 word such as, but, um, later on in that sentence. 18 So for that reason, our no change option can be eliminated. 19 Um, looking at our other answer choices B uses a semi-colon as 20 always be wary of that, make sure that we're working with two independent clauses 21 before you select an answer choice with a semi-colon in this case, 22 what precedes the semi-colon though Conan Doyle would always Harbor ambivalence about 23 the series. That's a dependent clause. 24 Um, so because it's not independent and both sides need to be independent 25 to use...