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.

It can be drawn into wire or hammered out into sheets, it is often mixed with gold for “white gold” jewelry.
  1. into sheets, it is often
  2. into sheets it is often
  3. into sheets; it is often
  4. into sheets: it is often
Explanation
Answer: C - The best choice is “into sheets; it is often”

Use a comma between two independent clauses creates a comma splice, a type of run - on sentence. A semicolon can properly separate two independent clauses.
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