<p>The political process in the United States is dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties, other parties can still influence the nation's political life, though.</p>
<p>(D) however, other parties can still influence the nation's political life.
(E) though other parties can still influence the nation's political life.</p>
<p>Why doesn't D work?</p>
<p>I think it’s grammatically correct, but they want you to choose the shortest possible answer</p>
<p>A new generation of composers of Latin American music, raised on rock music in all their various permutations, has changed traditional notions of what Latin music ought to be.</p>
<p>Should the word “their” be changed to “its”?</p>
<p>Yes, since it refers to “music,” not “composers.”</p>
<p>Thank you. Can someone else clarify why D is incorrect in the first question?</p>
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<p>According to this, D doesn’t work because there’s a comma before however instead of a semicolon or period</p>
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<p>Look at the sentence. The comma is set in place before the change, and the first half of the sentence is an independent clause (a whole sentence). Now look at the answer choices. D is an independent clause and E is a dependent clause. Semicolons separate two independent clauses, so D would fit if the comma was a semicolon. Commas separate an independent clause and a dependent clause, so E is correct.</p>
<p>And as garfieldliker said, “its” refers to the music, rather than composers.</p>
<p>Thanks, so should “however” never be used to connect two independent clauses?</p>
<p>Here is another question:</p>
<p>Even if indifference to inequalities still exist in some parts of the world, human rights organizations continue working to eradicate such indifference. </p>
<p>(A) Even where indifference for inequalities still exists
(B) Although indifference to inequalities still exists</p>
<p>How is B correct? Also, the phrase “continue working to eradicate”, in the original sentence, doesn’t even sound like it makes sense…</p>
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When however is used, you always have a dependent clause.</p>
<p>Organizations continue… makes sense.</p>
<p>Whoops, I misread the question :D. Thank you for the help :)</p>
<p>‘However’ can be used as an introductory adverb like ‘usually’ or ‘actually’ etc. It indicates the thought that follows is in contrast to another thought, but not necessarily subordinate to it. As such it can be used to introduce an independent clause. Consider: ‘I don’t drink. However, on this occasion, I’ll make an exception.’</p>
<p>A dependent clause is dependent because it functions in a sentence as a single part of speech. A noun clause, an adjective clause and an adverb clause are dependent because they function as either a noun, an adjective or an adverb.</p>
<p>I almost forgot to mention…D is wrong because the comma after however should not be there.</p>