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.

Jeannette Rankin was born near Missoula, Montana on June 11, 1880.
  1. Missoula, Montana on June 11, 1880.
  2. Missoula, Montana, on June 11, 1880.
  3. Missoula, Montana on, June 11, 1880.
  4. Missoula, Montana, on June, 11, 1880.
Explanation
Answer: B - The best choice is “Missoula, Montana, on June 11, 1980.”

Use commas after the city and after the state when listing them a document. Commas are inappropriate after the preposition “on” and after the month “June.”
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