Writing Question (improving sentence)

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<p>Katarina could not be certain whether the voice she heard on the recording was her uncle or someone else who speaks with a heavy German accent.</p>

<p>(A) uncle or someone else<a href="B">/color</a> [color=green]uncle or that of someone else<a href="C">/color</a> [color=green]uncle's or someone else<a href="D">/color</a> [color=green]uncle's or that of someone else<a href="E">/color</a> [color=green]uncle's or someone else's</p>

<p>what is the answer? I know the answer. But I'm looking for explanation.</p>

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<p>I believe the answer is “D) uncle’s or that of someone else”. It is not correct for “someone else’s” to come before “who speaks”. I don’t know the grammatical lingo, but “someone else’s who speaks with” doesn’t make sense because someone else’s refers to the voice & the voice can’t be a who. I’m guessing that’s correct. Hopefully, someone more knowledgeable will correct my statement if it’s incorrect.</p>

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<p>c i think
are you sure its “who speak”</p>

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<p>sorry there was a typo. it will be speaks</p>

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<p>yeah. the answer is D. I’m looking for the grammatical terms. it was a level 4 question.</p>

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<p>A quick search on google yielded a link to a previous thread on College Confidential regarding this same question:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1299135-writing-questions-march-sat-calling-all-writing-gurus.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1299135-writing-questions-march-sat-calling-all-writing-gurus.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The 3rd post analyzes this question; hopefully, the explanation is easy to understand.</p>