Practice Quiz

SAT Writing

Category - Improving Sentences

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

She attended public schools in Montana, and graduated from the University of Montana at Missoula in 1902 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology.
  1. She attended public schools in Montana, and
  2. She attended public schools in Montana; and
  3. She attended public schools in Montana and
  4. She attended public schools in Montana. And
Explanation
Answer: C - The best choice is “She attended public schools in Montana and”

Generally, commas are used before coordinating clauses such as “and” in sentences with two independent clauses. Periods and semicolons are inappropriate types of punctuation to use with this sentence. Since the clause after “and” cannot stand alone as a sentence, no punctuation is needed before the conjunction.
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