<p>Can some one explain #10 on page 537 in the blue book</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>I can't think of any good way to explain it, but I was just able to tell that the other choices were awkward.</p>
<p>Here's the question, if anybody has any better ideas:</p>
<p>The heat was already OVERWHELMING AND LASTED A WEEK, WHICH DURATION MADE IT SEEM sheer torture.</p>
<p>(A)
(B) overwhelming, and because of lasting a week, it made it seem
(C) overwhelming and lasted the duration of a week to make it to seem
(D) overwhelming, and its lasting a week made it seem
(E) overwhelming and, by lasting a week, making it seem</p>
<p>The correct answer is D.</p>
<p>Choice D is most concise.</p>
<p>I concur. D is correct.</p>
<p>i know d is correct but why</p>
<p>it jus sounds better compared to the others...</p>
<p>They're all wrong, it should be "seem LIKE sheer torture".</p>
<p>This is why the SAT is bad...</p>
<p>The question asks for the best answer, which is D.</p>
<p>You have to get familiar with that construction ("its lasting a week")... it sounds weird but it's actually correct. I was reading about that in Barron's 2400. Some more examples of that:</p>
<p>Why are you offended by my not inviting you to join us for dinner? (it would be wrong to say "ME not inviting...")</p>
<p>I'm tired of your feigning malaise. (it would be wrong to say "YOU feigning...")</p>