<p>In just a couple of years, low-carbohydrate diets have accomplished what the government has failed to do in decades of trying: it has convinced the public of refined grains, that they are bad and whole grains are good.</p>
<p>A. it has convinced the public of refined grains, that they
B. convincing the public about refined grains, which
C. convince the public that refined grains
D. convinces the public of refined grains, they
E. convincing the public that refined grains</p>
<p>So the answer is C, but I don't see why E is wrong... It sounds better to me actually.</p>
<p>Welcome to SAT writing, where standardized, mechanical thinking wins out over personal preference.</p>
<p>It sounds better to me as well.</p>
<p>It is kind of like an idiom, I put C because I usually hear sentences like that in such a manner</p>
<p>I’m not sure if i’m right, but i think this is why it is c, not e.</p>
<p>the government has failed to convincing the public of refined grains…</p>
<p>That doesn’t sound correct but</p>
<p>the government hs failed to convince the public of refined grains…</p>
<p>does sound correct. I think that’s how you are supposed to look at it.</p>
<p>if it was e, the punctuation before would be a comma, not a colon</p>
<p>@pkm2232: no, because the second part of the sentence will not stand as an independent clause…</p>
<p>Anyways, I’m still not sure about this… Any “solid” evidence?</p>
<p>I dont understand either…
e and c…there are really no difference IMO
but if i get that in a sat i would definately choose e
if convince could work as a noun, may be c is ok too, but it’s a frekin verb…
some people say if there are 2 correct answers, always choose the shorter one
but i can’t tell you more than that</p>
<p>I think e is wrong becuase convincing is a subject but it doesn’t have a verb for the subject in choice e. in choice c, convince is a verb so it doesn’t really matter… that’s what i think.</p>