<p>1) When I was growing up in the Bronx, that's what we called the hip-high wire basket on two wheels that my parents used for all sorts of errands.</p>
<p>a) no change
b) hip-high, wire, basket on two wheels
c) hip-high wire basket on two wheels,
d) hip-high wire, basket on two wheels,</p>
<p>2) But new carts are like new sneakers: they lack the character that comes from use.
a) no change
b) sneakers, they
c) sneakers, but
d) sneakers</p>
<p>plz explain ur ans choice</p>
<p>& this 1 too</p>
<p>3) The site had a link to Karen Thomas, the company's lead cat trainer, so I emailed some questions to her. </p>
<p>a) NO change
b) that
c) whom
d) OMIT</p>
<p>plz explain</p>
<p>1) When I was growing up in the Bronx, that's what we called the hip-high wire basket on two wheels that my parents used for all sorts of errands.</p>
<p>a) no change
b) hip-high, wire, basket on two wheels
c) hip-high wire basket on two wheels,
d) hip-high wire, basket on two wheels,</p>
<p>2) But new carts are like new sneakers: they lack the character that comes from use.
a) no change
b) sneakers, they
c) sneakers, but
d) sneakers</p>
<p>3) The site had a link to Karen Thomas, the company's lead cat trainer, so I emailed some questions to her.</p>
<p>a) NO change
b) that
c) whom
d) OMIT</p>
<p>1) C<br>
2) B A colon simply does not make sense here. Choice C would mean that but is used twice in two independent clauses; eliminate choice C. And choice D is simply wrong.
3) A Choice B does not make sense. Whom can only be used in conjunction with a word such as about, one, etc. Omit would make the last sentence an independent clause making the sentence structure all wrong.</p>
<p>mutant3324, the correct answers were 1) a 2) a 3) a
I am certain that #2 is wrong.
but I got a qs, u can use "so" w/ a independent clause? ind clause, so ind clause? ----> plz exp further
and 2nd qs is...hip-high wire basket on two wheels -> I thought since hip-high is describing the basket, there needs to be a comma after that.
kinda like....the big, black wolf.</p>
<p>Um I got the same answers as mutant. You might want to check the validity of the source you got those questions from.</p>
<p>1) You don't want to have a comma between wire and basket, because wire is an adjective that modifies basket. That rules out b and d. So the choice comes down to a vs. c. Notice the use of "that" to introduce the modifying clause. No commas are used before clauses starting with "that," because they provide an identifying characteristic of the noun preceding them (in contrast with clauses starting with "which," which are normally preceded by a comma.) I believe that "that clauses" are classified as demonstrative clauses--but it's been a long time since I looked at the right term for it.
2) Choice b creates the dreaded "comma splice," which the SAT writers hate. (Two independent clauses connected by a comma--an incorrect use--give you a "comma splice.") Choice d obviously won't work. Choice c changes the logic of the sentence. Normally, I'd prefer a semi-colon between these clauses, but the colon is acceptable, because the second clause provides specifics about the statement in the first clause.
3) "that" and "whom" don't work, because they make the word order in the clause very weird. If you omit the word "so," you again create the dreaded "comma splice." As is, it's not the most elegant sentence, but it's acceptable English.</p>
<p>thank you QuantMech....that helps a lot.
just to clarify, if *who *was an answer choice for #3, that would work right?</p>
<p>You're welcome, reloadedxp--glad to be of help. But no, "who" would not work there either. It would be correct to write " . . . cat trainer, to whom I emailed some questions" and I think it would also be acceptable to write " . . . cat trainer, whom I emailed some questions." However, neither of these choices works with the "to her" still left in, at the end of the sentence. You only get to change the underlined part; you don't get to adjust the rest of the sentence to make the change in the underlined part work.</p>
<p>Ah, I didn't see that. great explanation :D</p>