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SAT Writing

Category - Error Identification

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There is an error in the italicized portion of the passage below. Choose the option that best corrects this error.

Each year there are thousands of people which contribute to the new words that are added annually to the dictionary; Merriam Webster announced the addition of a number of new words in 2012, including man cave, copernicium, and gastropub.
  1. people who contributed
  2. people which contributing
  3. people contribute
  4. people that contribute
  5. people who contribute
Explanation
Answer: E - Each year there are thousands of people who contribute to the new words that are added annually to the dictionary; Merriam Webster announced the addition of a number of new words in 2012, including man cave, copernicium, and gastropub. The original sentence is awkward and contains the wrong relative pronoun. Choice (E) uses the correct pronoun “who” to refer to the people who contribute to the addition of new words in the dictionary.
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