[Video] Q33: No change or however as inspector general, david c. williams, notes or however as inspector general, david c. williams noteshowever as inspector general, david c. williams notes,

Explanation for Question 33 From the Writing Section on the 2019 May Sat

Question number 33 is all about the punctuation. 2 We're trying to figure out where the best comma placement is for the sentence. 3 Um, so currently we see the sentence reads, 4 however, as inspector general, David C. Williams notes, 5 us post offices currently offer many similar products. 6 So we're trying to introduce this idea of this character coming in 7 this inspector general, providing some context for us. 8 So we want to set aside that detail as inspector general notes. 9 So we want to have a comma here after however, 10 and here after notes in order to set aside that detail. 11 So the reader can get a sense of who we're hearing from, 12 but also not have that interrupt the main action of the sentence. 13 So the answer choices that have that comment after whoever and after notes are 14 the no change option and the choice D so we can eliminate BNC. 15 And then the difference between a and D is that comma after Williams, 16 before notes, um, in choice a, 17 the no change option, that comment is a bit unnecessary. 18 We don't need to break up the fact that inspector general, 19 David C. Williams is the one who is noting this. 20 Um, this is a subject and verb pair, 21 and we nine times out of 10, don't want to break up that subject 22 verb pair. Um, we want to keep that together and there's no reason to 23 introduce a comma there. So for that reason, 24 the no change option is out and we're going to select choice D it 25 creates that aside of as inspector general, 26 David C. Williams notes, and then refrains from introducing any other unnecessary comments. 27 So that is our best answer for 33.