[Video] Q24: No change or finch, which exists or finch, it exists or finch or existing

Explanation for Question 24 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat

Looking now at question number 24, 2 the sentence starts with generations of this selective breeding of produced a new 3 species and goes on to say the new species, 4 um, connecting with the Coleman is the Bengalese Finch while 5 existing, only in captivity. So couple of problems right now with 6 this sentence, um, firstly it uses a semi-colon with a dependent 7 clause over here, this part of the sentence while existing, 8 only in captivity can't stand by itself. 9 So it's dependent and it is incorrect. 10 Use a dependent clause after a semi-colon. 11 So we can, we can kind of make note of that issue. 12 The other issue is that while doesn't really make sense in this context, 13 we're going to be looking for another word for awhile. 14 So our no change option is, is out. 15 Let's take a look at how this would look. If we instead inserted answer 16 choice B the Bengalese Finch wish exists 17 only in captivity. 18 This makes much more sense, which is a better fit than while, 19 um, while it's just sort of this aspect of time, 20 um, which isn't really applicable here. So we're going to eliminate that, 21 um, which fits much better into this sentence. 22 So answer choice B is our correct answer for number 24, 23 but let's take a look at C and D as well. C tries to 24 connect independent causes with a comma, 25 which is incorrect. The two independent clauses in question are, 26 um, generations of the selective breeding have produced a new species. 27 The Bengalese Finch that's on...