"such as" in "Bethlehem Steel"

[RonPurewal]

in that sentence, "with" is FOLLOWED BY "every one of his time slots occupied", which is not a complete sentence.

[SambitP981]

in that sentence, "with" is FOLLOWED BY "every one of his time slots occupied", which is not a complete sentence.

Thanks Ron

[RonPurewal]

you're welcome.

[RichaChampion]

you're right about 'and' and 'while'. both of those clash with the intended message.

'with', on the other hand, is not a problem from a logical standpoint. in fact, if the sentence said
The steel industry has changed radically over the last two decades, with many large companies downsizing or shutting down altogether
...then it would be quite correct.

the problem with choice C is purely mechanical: it's not a sentence!

The steel industry has changed radically over the last two decades, with many large companies downsizing or shutting down altogether
...then it would be → Why would this be correct because in that case the portion after "with" there will be no complete sentence(or subject-verb pair). Is my understanding correct?

[RichaChampion]

correct, those are not sentences.

those two are written like The car was here earlier is now gone (as opposed to the correct answer, which is written like The car that was here earlier is now gone.

The car was here earlier is now gone → This still fulfills the criteria to be a sentence:

1. Subject
2. Verb

How this can't be a sentence?

[Sage Pearce-Higgins]

Yes, all correct sentences have a subject and a verb, but they need more than that to be correct! The subject and verb have to be connected in a logical way, so that it's clear who is doing what.

"The car was here earlier is now gone." is not a correct sentence as we have two verbs ('was' and 'is'). We need some conjunction, or subordinate clause construction to make it work.

Aside from the specifics of this question, it looks like you're getting too much into the rules and not reflecting on the way that you use English naturally, which I'm sure is pretty good.