SAT Writing

Category - Improving Sentences

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Dressing in the Congo is greatly influenced by the Western world, however, they are mixed with traditional clothing such as kikwembe, abacos, or a dashiki.
  1. Western world, however
  2. Western world; however
  3. Western world however
  4. Western world, but however
Explanation
Answer: B - The best choice is “Western world; however”

Semicolons are used to separate independent clauses joined by conjunctive adverbs such as “however.” A comma is inappropriate punctuation to use between the clauses.
Was this helpful? Upvote!
Login to contribute your own answer or details

Top questions

Related questions

Most popular on PracticeQuiz