[Video] Q22: No change or georg's posthumous title was "the theater duke." or "the theater duke" was a title posthumously given to georg. or georg was posthumously dubbed "the theater duke."

Explanation for Question 22 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat

Okay for question number 22, what we're doing is figuring out the clearest 2 way to make this point about George's acquisition of the title, 3 the theater duke. So what we want to do here is read through our 4 answer choices and select the one that's the most clear and the most brief 5 for our reader to understand our no change option 6 reads inspiring directors around the continent to design and execute more unified 7 detailed productions. The title George was dubbed with was the theater 8 duke. So this is making our subject of the sentence or this 9 latter part of the sentence, the title, 10 um, the title he was dubbed with was we want to do is write 11 this a little bit more actively. We want to make George the center 12 of the sentence. We want to make him the subject. 13 So the only answer choices that do that are going to be answer 14 choices, B and D, 15 um, or actually only D really, because this is referring to how 16 he was dubbed the theater duke subject verb. 17 George was dubbed, um, 18 the other answer choices, B and C kind of commit the same error as 19 a B a saying his title was and CSA. 20 The title that was given to him was, 21 which was even more wordy. So these answer choices are also eliminated our best 22 answer choice for this question. Answer choice D stands out because it's the one 23 that actively presents this information. The subject, 24 the verb, George was dubbed rather than kind of twisting the order 25 that phrasing around the title that he was dubbed with was, 26 um, or this is the title that was given to him, 27 you know, constructions like that are a bit more passive. 28 We want to stay away from that. So we want to actively construct the 29 sentence and say, George was posthumously dubbed the theater duke, 30 selecting answer choice D for this question,