stolyar wrote:
Although dozens of New York's small museums are either devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are many one-of-a-kind museums from Manhattan to the Bronx that are open for exploration on summer weekends.
(A) Although dozens of New York's small museums are either
devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, there are
(B) Although dozens of New York's small museums are devoted
to local history or various ethnic groups
(C) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local
history or various ethnic groups, but there are
(D) Dozens of New York's small museums are devoted to local
history or various ethnic groups, and there are also
(E) Devoted to local history or various ethnic groups, dozens
of New York's small museums and also
A look at the answer choices reveals that there is a change in the tone of the sentence in some of them.
This is clearly a USAGE issue.
when will i use although?
Although it rains in washington most of the year, it does not affect day o day life.
Although he was a very good guy, his habits made him very unpopular.
Although the venture is risky, the returns are amazing.
Although he was sick, he showed up at work in the morning.
So i would expect although to set up the sentence is this way
Although there are dozens of museums devoted to local history in NYC, many groups accude the administration of failure to preserve local history.
so A and B will not be useful here.
E is poor usage..there is no proper link between the first and second parts of the sentence
C is close....But should provide some opposite info..
There are many motels here, but none of them are cheap.
I can come, but i am very busy.
They drove very fast to the airport,but they missed the flight.
here the second part of the sentence provides more info..so AND is best...
D looks ok... i am not sure about there are "also"..but it is the least of the evils...so i would go with D too
Answer D