<p>So this was a grammar question on a Practice SAT: </p>
<p>Intimacy, love, and marriage are three different, if
interrelated, subjects.
(A) different, if interrelated, subjects
(B) interrelated subjects, being, however, different
(C) different subjects, whereas they are interrelated
(D) different subjects when interrelated
(E) subjects that are different although being
interrelated</p>
<p>Why is the correct answer A?</p>
<p>If you take out the portion within the comma and read the sentence, it makes perfect sense. Therefore the portion in between the commas is a modifier and is unnecessary but adds meaning to the sentence. </p>
<p>And also, none of the other ones make sense.</p>
<p>B is just awkward and doesn’t get the point across.
C doesn’t make sense; whereas is used to contrast different things.
D doesn’t work since they aren’t different subjects when they are interrelated.
E is wordy and awkward. You can’t use “being interrelated” like that (can’t really explain it too well though).</p>
<p>Sorry, I tried to help :/</p>
<p>The real question is which choice do you think works better than A, and why?</p>
<p>Choice A sounds the best as the other choicest are all clearly ethier wordy or awkward</p>