[Video] Q20: No change or focused, very precisely, or focused very precisely or focused or very precisely

Answer Choices

  • NO CHANGE

  • focused, very precisely,

  • focused very precisely

  • focused

  • very precisely

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

In question number 20, we are looking at this particular detail focused 2 very precisely and figuring out what comma arrangement makes 3 the most sense and is the most correct? So the sentence right now reads 4 the camera angles in the climate shots are focused very precisely cutting out the 5 platform and the rooftop of the lower building, 6 but showing views of the street and other buildings in the distance. 7 So when we look at this detail and we look at, 8 when we look at our answer choices, there's really two different places that we 9 may or may not actually answer a comma for this race. 10 So we see one option as a choice B is after focused and 11 the other, uh, as, uh, the no change option after precisely. 12 So let's talk about that first comma. 13 It's actually not necessary to include a comma here because there's really no reason 14 to separate focused for very precisely. 15 Those words go directly together because very precisely describes how 16 the collabing shots were focused. So it doesn't make sense to break those up. 17 They go directly together. The very precisely describes the focus. 18 So we don't want to split that up with a karma. So that role 19 rolls out, answer choice B D because we want to keep focused very precisely 20 together. Now let's take a look at that second possible option for where we 21 could insert a comma and that's after the word precisely. 22 So after precisely, the reason that we actually do need a comma here is 23 because we are sepa...

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