[Video] Q25: No change or consequence: increased or consequence or increased or consequence. increased

Explanation for Question 25 From the Writing Section on the 2019 April Sat

Okay. Looking now at question number 25, 2 we're working with punctuation again. Um, 3 25, the sentence starts here. 4 Such breeding was intended to produce certain qualities, 5 certain physical qualities in the domesticated finches, 6 but it also had an unintentional consequence, 7 increased some compacity and the venue glaze Finch relative to that. 8 If the white rump moon. Yeah. So here we see, 9 this is getting a little bit wordy and tricky to read since there's no 10 form of punctuation here. Um, 11 that leads us to think that our no change option choice a is going 12 to be incorrect. We do need some firm punctuation here to clarify exactly 13 what's going on with this sentence, answer choice B consequence uses, 14 um, a colon. So let's read that out. 15 This would read such breeding was intended to produce certain physical qualities in the 16 domesticated ventures, but it also had an unintended consequence. 17 Colon increased some complexity 18 in the Bengalese Finch. 19 This makes perfect sense. The colon here is a great way to separate out 20 that detail. Um, and it doesn't break any grammatical rules. 21 Um, so answer choice B is going to be our best selection for number 22 25. The problem with answer choice C is that it is using a semi-colon 23 when we have a dependent clause over here on the right hand side of 24 that, semi-colon the free is increased sound complexity in the Bengalese Finch 25 relative to that of the white rum Tonja cannot stand on its own. 26 So we're going to be using that semi-colon incorrectly. 27 If we select choice C and answer choice D again makes a similar mistake. 28 It sets this free phrase, 29 um, increased sound complexity and the Bengalese Finch relatives 30 that have the white rump communion by itself. Again, 31 it's dependent there. We can't really set it apart on its own, 32 or it's a sentence fragment. So D is incorrect as well. 33 And B as our correct answer here for number 25.