Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel vehicles,

Here's the (E)version.

Though the law will require emissions testing of all diesel vehicles, from tractor trailers to excursion buses, it will have no effect on sport utility vehicles, almost all of which are gasoline powered and therefore they are not subject to emissions-control standards as stringent as thoseof diesel-poweredvehicles.

The first issue is that, in this version, "and" connects two independent clauses. So, it should be preceded by a comma, but it isn't.

The main issue is that "they" is a redundant subject. "Almost all of which" would logically serve as the subject of both "are gasoline powered" and "are not subject to ...," as in "almost all of which are gasoline powered and therefore are not subject to ...."

With the addition of "they," the logic of the sentence is broken. In fact, it seems to convey
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Statistics : Posted by NakulDiwakar10 • on 21 Oct 2006, 15:54 • Replies 36 • Views 43563

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