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.

However, it is unclear if the new provisions will cover the loans as property prices continue to fall and the recession continues.
  1. to fall and the recession continues.
  2. to fall, and the recession continues.
  3. to fall; and the recession continues.
  4. to fall - and the recession continues.
Explanation
Answer: A - The best choice is “to fall and the recession continues.”

Since the sentence contains an independent clause and a dependent clause, punctuation is unnecessary before the coordinating conjunction “and.” A comma, semicolon, or dash does not properly complete the sentence.
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