weird bb writing question

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<p>In SAT Writing, the meaning of the sentence correction should NOT be changed. Now I might be overanalyzing the question, but I think it's valid reasoning...</p>

<p>(Because their flight was missed, the bride's parents ran) frantically to another part of the airport to catch another plane that might still arrive in time for the wedding.</p>

<p>A. Because their flight was missed, the bride's parents ran
B. Because the bride's parents missed their flight, they had to run</p>

<p>The answer in the book is B. But nowhere does it mention in the original that they HAD to run to the wedding. Sure, they probably wanted to for obvious reasons but they didn't have to. Why is B correct and why is A not?</p>

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<p>ambiguous pronoun use. In the original (answer choice A) their does not point to anyone in particular. It can be the two people next to them etc. answer choice B gets rid of this ambiguity and clears up any “confusion”</p>

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<p>but since the “bride’s parents” is the only subject in the sentence, it has to refer to them. Don’t ambiguous subjects occur when there are more than 2 nouns in a sentence that “their” could refer to?</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure its because of weak passive verbs. </p>

<p>In the BB, pg 101 on the bottom of the chart, the example there is pretty similar to that question.</p>

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<p>so let me get this straight: are passive verbs almost NEVER correct?</p>

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<p>“to have to” means “to be compelled to”</p>

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<p>I don’t think its never, but since for this question there’s a better option that is also grammatically correct. so the one with weak passive verb isn’t preferable to the one without weak passive verb.</p>

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<p>hmm…this was in the beginning of the section. I guess they wouldn’t be expecting us to use my logic in the first place.</p>

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<p>I don’t think A is grammatically correct. “Because their flight was missed” Missed by whom? Answer choice A does not indicate who missed the flight. The proper grammar version would be, “Because they missed their flight, the pride’s parents…”</p>

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<p>I agree with rockstar … Ambiguous pronoun in A and you are over-analyzing when you say the meaning of the sentence changes with B</p>