<p>1) Cuban music was so (popular in) the Colombian city of Cali (thus becoming) the basis (for) the dance scene that (predominated) there during the 1940s</p>
<p>-- The correct answer is B, any explanation plz ?</p>
<p>2) One of the earliest of the ancient Greek writers of love poetry, Sappho (has had such a profound influence on) later lyric poets that she came to be known as "the tenth Muse"</p>
<p>a) so profoundly influenced
b) profoundly influenced</p>
<p>-- The correct answer is A. I got confused between these 2 choices.</p>
<p>3) The acoustics of the ancient Greek theater at Epidaurus are (so good that) an actor's words, even when whispered, are (auditory) to (those sitting) in the last row</p>
<p>The correct answer is C, but why ?</p>
<p>any effort is appreciated, thx</p>
<p>1) “thus becoming” should be changed to “that it became”. The “so” found in the beginning of the sentence signals the usage of “so…that…”</p>
<p>2) Once again, the “that” found at the end of sentence signals that a “so” should be present in the beginning as well. “Sappho had so profoundly influenced…that she became…”</p>
<p>3) I’m not sure if you mean “auditory” or “those sitting”, when you state the answer is “C”, since you only specified three portions of the sentence.
Anyway, I believe the error is in “auditory”. An actor’s words are audible, not auditory. An adjective is required.</p>
<p>SirWanksalot’s explanations are correct.</p>
<p>Just curious… Why do you always post different number of questions than told by the title?!</p>
<p>Yup, So… that is an important concept on the SAT writing</p>
<p>Where’s the last question from?
(<em>ahem</em>, “From where is that last question?”)</p>
<p>I looked up auditory and it was an adjective, so if auditory is incorrect, that would seem like a word choice thing, and that from what I know the word choice error rarely appears on official questions.</p>