<p>Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin used x-rays to discover the chemical structures of penicillin and vitamin B12; winning a Nobel Prize for her work.
A) winning a Nobel Prize for her work
B) she then won a Nobel Prize for her work
C) this work won her a Nobel Prize
D) she won a Nobel Prize for her work
E) her work having won a Nobel Prize for her</p>
<p>Whats the correct answer & why? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Answer is B.</p>
<p>Think of semicolons like periods but for sentences that relate to each other. Thus, this means that the clause after a semicolon needs to be an independent clause, just as a regular, stand-alone sentence. Only choice B and D satisfy this requirement; however, choice B has the keyword “then” which links the two sentences together. </p>
<p>Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin used x-rays to discover the chemical structures of penicillin and vitamin B12; she then won a Nobel Prize for her work.</p>
<p>Essentially, her research caused her to win a Nobel Prize.</p>
<p>I suspect the answer is D, since choice D is more succinct than B which could be eliminated due to wordiness.</p>
<p>The answer is A…</p>
<p>No, it isn’t. Not unless you typed the question wrong.</p>
<p>A is correct. The original context does not confuse who or what won the award. B is a bit wordy, and no need for the “she” in B or D to clarify the subject because Dorothy Hodgkin is already identified by “her” work as stated in answer A. And E is definitely wrong because a noun + having/being is always wrong. A should be the best answer unless you have forgotten to include something from the answers or question.</p>
<p>No, “A” is not correct. As poster “moltenicee” has already explained above, a semicolon on the SAT must have an independent clause (i.e., a full sentence) on both sides. Choice “A” fails that very simple test.</p>
<p>I just opened up the January 2012 SAT QAS and found the question. It’s number 9 from section 10. This is how it actually reads:</p>
<ol>
<li>Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin used x-rays to discover the chemical structures of penicillin and vitamin B12, winning a Nobel Prize for her work.</li>
</ol>
<p>That’s right: the semicolon in the original post is actually a comma on the real test.</p>
<p>It’s hard to help answer people’s questions when they type the most important part of the questions wrong.</p>
<p>This thread has been a waste of everyone’s time…</p>
<p>(But yes, the answer to the actual question, with the comma rather than the semicolon, is indeed “A.”)</p>
<p>there was a , my fault. not a Semicolon.</p>
<p>Next time please give us the correct question if you want help. We can’t help you if there is a blatant typo.</p>
<p>D3rp -.-</p>
<p>I have another question from this test. It is an error identifying question .
Mary Whiton Calkins was an imminent psychologist and philosopher whose research focused on such topics as memory, consciousness, and dreams.
A) imminent
B) whose
C) focused on
D) as
E) NO ERROR
I choosed E but the right answer was A and I dont get why . Can someone explain me why it is A?</p>
<p>^^ I think imminent should be eminent.</p>
<p>firstly, I don’t think you can use imminent to describe a person/psychologist.</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>since Mary already has research focused on such topics, imminent would be the wrong word anyway.</p>
<p>eminent better fits the sentence.</p>
<p>Imminent means about to happen, but EMINENT is very similar to renown, it means a famous person/thing. Eminent would make more sense in this case. The answer is A because its changing imminent meaning about to happen to eminent meaning a famous psychology and philosopher. Which would make sense in this case because everything else is right.</p>