[Video] Q20: No change or units, assigning or units or assigning or units, and assigning

Explanation for Question 20 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat

Question number 20 wants us to figure out the appropriate punctuation to linking 2 these two parts of the sentence. Um, 3 here we say the sentence reads George with the crowd into smaller units, 4 comma, he assigned individual dialogue and stage possessions, 5 thereby making the scene more realistic. 6 So as the sentence stands, now we have these two independent clauses, 7 two parts of the sentence that can stand on their own. 8 George, what the crowd into smaller units. And he assigned individual dialog and state 9 positions there by making the scene more realistic. 10 The problem here is that we are combining those two independent 11 clauses with a comma that is incorrect. 12 Commas are for combining dependent causes with independent rather than two independent 13 clauses. So I is not correct. 14 Um, looking at our other answer choices. 15 If we went with choice B, this would read George split the crowd into 16 smaller units, comma, assigning individual dialogue and stage positions. 17 So this answer choice flows a lot better. 18 It makes more sense because changing, 19 he assigned to assigning makes this second piece dependent and 20 makes it correct to actually use that comma. 21 So answer choice B is our best answer here, 22 looking at C and D and C, we see a semi-colon being used, 23 as I mentioned with answer choice B, this assigning is going to be a 24 dependent clause. That's used incorrectly with a semi-colon because 25 when we use semi-colon, we have to make sure t...