SAT Form, Structure, and Sense Question

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Question 1 · Medium · Reading and WritingDecember 2024 · Q16Form, Structure, and Sense · 0 solved

The hypothesized protolanguage from which all Kartvelian languages have descended, Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Strategy

Recognize when an opening noun phrase is functioning as a descriptor that must be followed by the specific term it names and a main clause. Choose the option that provides the named noun and a finite verb to complete the sentence without creating a fragment or comma splice. Prefer clear, concise syntax that correctly uses appositives and relative clauses.

Hints (open one at a time)

Hint 1

Notice that the sentence begins with a descriptive phrase; it needs a specific term and a main verb to finish the thought.

Hint 2

Look for the choice that supplies the specific name being described and immediately completes the clause with a verb.

Hint 3

Pick the option that yields a single, complete sentence where the descriptive phrase correctly attaches to the named noun and the verb states what was done.

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The trap here

Dangling modifiers: the SAT sentence that says the wrong thing — An opening phrase attaches to whatever noun comes next. If that noun is wrong, the sentence is wrong — no matter how natural it sounds.