Question

Please explain why question 6 is C. I thought that "almost one out of every..." phrase was dependent as it doesn't have a subject. "One of of every four" of what...

Answer 1

They are two independent statements, but they can still be linked. A comma implies that they are exactly related, but the semicolon shows that while they are independent, the second phrase relies on the first for the subject [women].

I hope this helps.