Writing Question

Test Preparation
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<p>The habitat (in which)A sequoia trees grow, (extends)B from southern Oregon to northern California, is (kept)C damp year-round by (heavy)D seasonal rains,cool air, and fog.no error</p>

<p>Answer is B extends. Why? Please help.</p>

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<p>where are you getting this question?</p>

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<p>it needs to be “extending” because it is in apposition to the the habitat</p>

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<p>october 2009 sat :)</p>

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<p>where are you getting actual dates like oct 2009 for the sat past papers. I only have the past sat paper from the thick blue collegebpard book. there are 10 test but no dates.</p>

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<p>I have the actual test ;)</p>

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<p>The habitat **in which<a href=“A”>/b</a> sequoia trees grow, **extends<a href=“B”>/b</a> from southern Oregon to northern California, is **kept<a href=“C”>/b</a> damp year-round by **heavy<a href=“D”>/b</a> seasonal rains,cool air, and fog.</p>

<p>This is what the correct sentence would be:</p>

<p>The habitat **in which<a href=“A”>/b</a> sequoia trees grow, **which extends<a href=“B”>/b</a> from southern Oregon to northern California, is **kept<a href=“C”>/b</a> damp year-round by **heavy<a href=“D”>/b</a> seasonal rains,cool air, and fog.</p>

<p>I have no idea what “apposition” means so I’ll try to explain this the way I think about it:</p>

<p>The sentence reads awkwardly. “The habitat in which sequoia trees grow extends from southern Oregon to northern California” is a full sentence. “The habitat in which sequoia trees grow is kept damp year-round by heavy seasonal rains,cool air, and fog” is also a full sentence (I can’t explain this grammatically, but you can see how the second part of the sentence is referring properly back to the subject, which is the habitat [of sequoia trees].</p>

<p>The middle part of the sentence (“extends from southern Oregon to northern California”) is enclosed in commas (which are not underlined and must thus be correct), which means that if you take out that comma-bracketed section the sentence should still flow logically (unless it’s a comma-separated list like “Please buy pepper, salt, and a cookie for me”) and there should be the complete noun-verb thing going on. However, grammatically the “extends from…” in the comma needs to have a word that refers back to the subject or denotes that that phrase is relating to the subject (the habitat) which in this case would be “which” or something.</p>

<p>I unfortunately only know how to do these writing questions by figuring out what sounds awkward and then figuring out how I would rewrite the sentence properly. (800W twice.)</p>

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<p>thanks.independent,dependent,independent</p>