SC - punctuation rules violated

[heydharini]

Deleted by Jamie Nelson because source is unknown.

[RonPurewal]

as for the first one: what's the source? if you don't provide a source, we'll have to delete the post.
we need a FIRSTHAND source. (i.e., you can't cite another forum as the source.)

i bet that this was originally supposed to contain a semicolon, but that it was mistranscribed into a colon at some point. the colon in (e) is just plain wrong.

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in the second example, yes, the part after the semicolon in (a) can stand alone. this is a totally normal sentence, written with a participial modifier at the beginning.

[vicksikand]

Q2:
Source: GMAT Paper based test # 48. Section 1, Q#10
OA per GMAC is A.

[jnelson0612]

Q2:
Source: GMAT Paper based test # 48. Section 1, Q#10
OA per GMAC is A.

Thank you. heydharini, please verify that this is the source of these questions. If so, we will be deleting them as such sources are not allowed here.

[vicksikand]

Jamie,
This question was posted 14 months ago hence I doubt if you will get a response from the author.

[jnelson0612]

Jamie,
This question was posted 14 months ago hence I doubt if you will get a response from the author.

Thank you vicksikand. Good point.

Because the source appears to be unauthorized, I have deleted the original post.