<p>Mang people recognize Henry Thoreau as the author of (Walden, few know) that he was also an inventor.
a) xxx
b)walden; few know
c) walden, few knowing
d)xxxx
e) walden; yet still few knew </p>
<p>I am not true about b,c and e. </p>
<p>help!!!</p>
<p>E. If you put a period in place of the semicolon it’s still two separate complete sentences.
A. A semicolon works better.</p>
<p>I think the answer is b. “Yet still” is an odd construction for English, so I don’t think e can be right.</p>
<p>This may be of some help: <a href=“How to use a semicolon - The Oatmeal”>http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon</a></p>
<p>Yeah @Hunt’s probably right. I should stop answering these; I’m well passed my prime.</p>
<p>“few knowing” is a grammar error. It has to be “few know” or “few knew” (depending on the tense of the preceding verbs). e has a verb tense mismatch (present/past) - “Many … recognize …, yet few knew” (it is even worse with the superfluous word “still” ie “yet still few knew”)</p>
<p>While b is correct, I prefer either using a period between them or a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction (but or yet).</p>