[Video] Q23: A) johnson announced an ambitious plan for a new english-language dictionary and was encouraged by a group of london booksellers. or b) johnson, announcing an ambitious plan for a new english-language dictionary, was encouraged by a group of london booksellers. or c) johnson announced an ambitious plan for a new english-language dictionary or he was encouraged in this by a group of london booksellers. or d) johnson, encouraged by a group of london booksellers, announced an ambitious plan for a new english-language dictionary.

Explanation for Question 23 From the Writing Section on the 2018 April Sat

Hey guys, question 23 asks us which choice best combines the sentence at the 2 underlined portion. When you run into any question like this on the sat, 3 you want to find the answer choice that cuts out unnecessary language and put 4 sentences in the best order possible. 5 Now we have to figure out what are they trying to say here in 6 which answer choice is going to do that. This says Johnson announced an ambitious 7 plan for new English language dictionary. 8 He did. So with the encouragement of a group of London booksellers. 9 So this guy Johnson was encouraged to announce an ambitious plan for new English 10 language dictionary. What we usually say is that he was encouraged to do this 11 encouraged to blank rather than I did 12 this. And it was something I was encouraged to do. 13 That seems like a more unnecessary way of saying it that doesn't best combine 14 the underlying sentences. 15 So let's find something that says that Johnson was encouraged to do this and 16 gets both of our points across that unnecessary language. 17 Option eight says Johnson announced an ambitious plan for a new English language dictionary 18 and was encouraged by a group of London. Booksellers doesn't seem to combine the 19 sentences as effectively as possible. 20 It's just adding and was encouraged by a group of London booksellers. 21 It seems more logical to say, um, 22 he was encouraged, um, to do this by, 23 uh, lung, uh, by a group of London, 24 booksellers, as in the encouragement helped...