<p>Did anyone else have trouble with one of the comma splice questions? The sentence went something like “Hummingbirds […blahblah something-about-their-beaks…] which protects them from inhaling sawdust”.
The sentence actually had two questions in it: The second was easy and asked whether about the last part of the sentence, but the first one was difficult–at least to me–and asked whether a comma should appear before which. I chose to leave it alone and omit the comma, but I have no idea whether that was right. Any ideas? I googled quite a bit, and people seem to be up in the air about when a comma before which is appropriate.</p>
<p>Are you sure about that? Preceding ‘which’ was an independent clause, so unless ‘which’ counts as a coordinating conjunction then I’m right, no?</p>
<p>Weren’t commas ommitted for that “…which” question and “safety gear needed for work…”?
They are essential information. Without them, the sentence would be unclear.</p>
<p>I had the same question as you joon. After some googling I’m pretty sure the comma should have been omitted. Preceding ‘which’ was an independent clause, I’m sure of that. And apparently “relative pronouns [‘which’, in our case] that introduce a restrictive relative clause ARE NOT separated from the main clause by a comma. Restrictive relative clauses add essential information about the antecedent in the main clause.”
[Purdue</a> OWL: Relative Pronouns](<a href=“Purdue OWL® - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University”>Purdue OWL® - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University)</p>
<p>Also, I agree with what’s being said here: awakened, however awkward it sounds, was correct; the choice that stated the main idea of the passage as being “her relationship with her coach” was wrong; and the answer that said the main purpose of that sentence was to “underscore her youth and determination/spirit (or something)” was right.</p>
<p>@helloimjoon yes I omitted the comma. Im 99% sure this is correct just from all the practice tests I did. I didn’t even think hard about it and was sure it was right when i took the test.</p>
<p>I omitted the comma in the “which” problem as well. I was thinking that you could include the comma, or you could leave it out, but the ACT wants to keep it as concise as possible, so I left it out.</p>
<p>The ones that I had trouble with were “’-suprisingly enough-’ vs ‘-not unintentionally-’” and the one about the father’s finger being aligned with the stars. The comma usage for that one confused me.</p>