<p>Let’s go people!</p>
<p>Come on guys!</p>
<p>My explanation is: “it” refers automatically to “changes” which is wrong since they wanted to refer to the college.</p>
<p>Another example: I increased its SAT score by 100 points. “its” should be “my” just the same way as “changes increased its” should be “changes increased their” (even though this would have been wrong in the context of the rest of the sentence).</p>
<p>So the “formula” is: pronoun - verb - and lastly the pronoun that reflects the first pronoun OR another noun that is named instead of being refered to by its pronoun. Sorry for making this explanation so difficult to understand, but this is how I knew in a split second that the answer was wrong.</p>
<p>Hmm… I see where you are coming from…</p>
<p>In response to your explanation, I feel that…logistically… it can only refer to college so the relative location of changes is moot is determining the antecedent of it. </p>
<p>Thanks for your explanation!</p>
<p>Ok… so this is a College Board question and the answer is listed as E. There is no mistake in that. The problem is that I cannot understand why D is not more concise and a better way to rephrase the original sentence. I am looking for someone to prove me wrong (as I have to be). :D</p>
<p>You say “logistically”, but you are not supposed to decifer what message the sentence is trying to convey. “its” does not refer to anything really. Its like saying: Many changes occurred while she was president of the college; these changes increased “something’s” educational quality and effectiveness. The sentence would be completely correct if you were to switch “its” with “the college’s”. When answering the questions, look for the most simple and efficient alternative. That’s all I can say really. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for the response.</p>
<p>^…</p>
<p>You are making a lot less sense than before. </p>
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<p>It is a pronoun; therefore, it (see the pun I just did there) refers to an antecedent.</p>
<p>Can anybody else help me?</p>
<p>If it helps any, about two years ago silverturtle and I encountered this question and we both agreed that it was a bad question and that there was nothing wrong with D and nothing wrong with E, besides that E should have the word the before “effectiveness” since the word both calls for parallelism. In other words, you are right.</p>
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<p>Woah! I would never imagine the CollegeBoard having a bad question. I mean… don’t the questions go through multiple drafts and cuts with the ETS?</p>
<p>@crazybandit thanks~!</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>?!!?!?!!
duude… put yourself together :P</p>
<p>and reviving a 2 year old thread? :PPPP</p>
<p>In number 2, the word “its” is ambiguous and frankly just does not sound right. Choice E, while longer, is much more elaborate and clear. I don’t know the exact reasoning behind why D is wrong, but E is just a better answer choice.
edit; And just read your comment below #2, I agree with CB, but I understand your pov as well. I think the subject has to be clearly addressed in both parts for the sentence to be correct.</p>