[Video] Q38: No change or a skilled electrician or plumber. or wages earned by a skilled electrician and plumbers. or skilled electricians and plumbers.

Explanation for Question 38 From the Writing Section on the 2018 May Sat

In question number 38, we are looking here at this sentence in 2013. 2 So our installers wages average $23 and 63 cents per hour, 3 comparable to those of skilled electricians and plumbers. 4 Um, so what we want to do here is make sure that we're making 5 a correct comparison. So it's important to compare wages to wages. 6 We don't want to compare wages to solar installers or 7 wages to electricians. We want to make sure that we're kind of comparing the 8 same thing here. Um, so let's take a look at our sentence 9 as it currently is. Um, 10 there are comparing solar installers wages, 11 so important to note the subject here, we're comparing wages and we're comparing them 12 to those of skilled electricians and plumbers. 13 So when we say those of we're referring to the wages of electricians 14 and plumbers, which means we're comparing wages wages, 15 so this comparison works. The no change option is going to be correct here 16 for number 38. 17 Um, if we, if we change this, 18 um, uh, in line with answer choice B, 19 then we'd be comparing wages to a skilled electrician or plumber. 20 It doesn't make sense to compare wages to a person. 21 So we're, we're eliminating B if we, 22 if we eliminate a choice, um, if, excuse me, 23 if we chose answer choice C, we would be comparing wages to wages. 24 Um, however, seems a little bit wordier than it needs to be, 25 which is why answer choice a remains a better option. 26 We don't need to say wages earned by a skilled electrician and p...