<p>Watkins believes that the decline [of] the essay [in] the United States today is [largely due] to the decreasing number of [inquiring readers]. [No Error].
The answer is E; No Error.
Why shouldn't inquiring be inquisitive? Can somebody please explain?</p>
<p>Inquiring can mean the same thing as inquisitive. Always remember with SAT that the issue is simply whether the sentence is correct not whether it could be better.</p>
<p>The higher curve on the Math test was due to the lower number of studying students.</p>
<p>This sentence works, because you are describing the students. Inquisitive would work as an adjective as well.</p>
<p>Inquiring refers to people who inquire. Because people don’t look for essays has resulted in a decline in essays. Inquisitive would work, but it doesn’t have to be.</p>
<p>Pm me for a neat score raising story</p>
<p>Cg</p>
<p>Inquisitive is an adjective and inquiring is a present participle. Both do the same job: they describe a noun. Both are correct.</p>
<p>Identifying Sentence Errors is just that. Don’t look to improve the sentence and only try to find errors. It may seem awkward to your ear but it’s still grammatically correct and therefore, there’s no error.</p>