Explanation for Question 10 From the Writing Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 10 is discussing punctuation. 2 We have a colon in the underlined, 3 um, answer. So for answer a and then we have a comma for 4 BNC and D doesn't have any punctuation. 5 So we have to determine what is the correct usage of punctuation for this 6 sentence. This sentence reads many communities in the United States could 7 gain significant tourist revenue if sites of natural beauty of historic or historical 8 significance, such as Idaho's Boulder, 9 white clouds and Utah Senator Mesa Patel were granted national park status. 10 Um, okay. So we don't really care about all the part under we care 11 until right after beauty or historical significance. 12 So let's read many communities in the United States could gain significant tourist revenue 13 if sites of natural beauty or historical significance that Colin 14 right there just not make sense. We use colons when we there have a 15 list, which we don't have here, an explanation or elaboration, 16 which we also don't have here. 17 Um, so we know that we don't have a comma here. 18 Let's look at B, do we need a comma instead of a colon, 19 many communities in the United States could gain significant tourist revenue if sites 20 of natural beauty or historical significance, 21 and actually be also had a come after beauty. So revenue, 22 if sites of natural beauty, comma, or historical significance, 23 we don't need that. Those comments there. We don't need a comma between revenue 24 and F because if we have that could gain sig...