Explanation for Question 37 From the Writing Section on the 2017 May Sat
For question 37, just like question 36. 2 We want to choose the correct form of the underlined section. 3 Again, we have a lot of apostrophes and we want to determine when we 4 should have them, if we should have them, if the nom is singular or 5 plural. Um, so let's read the sentence in this, 6 talk about it. The sentence goes Rockville Grice found almost exclusively 7 on the peaks of mountains, appear as thin glassy crust on 8 the surface of a rock or a long fractures within them. 9 So a lot of nouns in this sentence. 10 So it's kind of hard to determine, um, 11 if surface of a rock should be, 12 um, plural or singular, 13 but we want to look out for another noun or pronoun, 14 um, in this case pronouns that can help us determine if we want a 15 singular or plural version of this underlying section. 16 Um, we need to match this phrase to the rest of the sentence. 17 So whatever, um, that pronoun that's replacing surface of a rock, 18 um, is if it's singular or plural, that's what surface of rock should be. 19 So, um, we're talking mostly about rockfall rides, 20 then a lot of information kind of about them. And then it says that 21 they can appear as glassy crossed on the surface of a rock or a 22 long fractures within them. They were there as important as them so 23 they can appear on the surface or along the fractures within them. 24 Since that word is plural, we know that this right here has to be 25 plural, multiple rocks because it's along the fractures within them wit...