SC高分题求教

GMAT400

Nearly unrivaled in their biological diversity, coral reefs provide a host of benefits that includes the supply of protein for people, protecting shorelines, and they contain biochemical sources for new life-saving medicines.

A.        coral reefs provide a host of benefits that includes the supply of protein for people, protecting shorelines,
B.        coral reefs provide a host of benefits: they supply people with protein, they protect the shorelines,
C.        coral reefs provide a host of benefits that include supplying protein for people, as well as shoreline protection,
D.        a coral reef provides a host of benefits; they supply protein for people, the protecting of shorelines,
E.        a coral reef provides a host of benefits, including protein for people, protecting shorelines,


这题的B选项 benefits后面的三个独立句，前两个只用逗号连接，不是属于典型的comma splice或者说run on sentence吗 可是OA是B  求大神指教

Bradz

B没有明显的瑕疵啊，只是这么写比较怪。相比之下，其他几个选项里面，后三句的排列惨不忍睹。。。没有一个稍微工整一点的。。。

Bradz

举个例子

Tom has three balls of different colors; one is black, one is blue, and one is red.

这种句式不用特别的连接吧，所以不能算是run on sentence什么的。

zhouyusu