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Explanation for Question 42 From the Writing Section on the 2019 October Sat

Now for number 42, this is a punctuation question. 2 So we're going to approach it with process of elimination, 3 looking at our sentence. It says one online publisher, 4 the database AR XIV spends $10 per paper accepted. 5 And so what we notice here is that we have a comma here, 6 right? We have a comma right there and here we have a dash. 7 So right now, as it's written, we have an, a positive phrase right here 8 that I've highlighted in blue. That's in a positive, 9 but there's an issue, right? Because we have a dash at the beginning and 10 a comment at the end, and you're not allowed to mix and match punctuation 11 for positives. You either need two commas or two dashes. 12 So as it is, won't be good. And so that's why I answer choice 13 C is going to be best, right? We know if this is an, 14 a positive then that we can't use a colon and we can't use a 15 semi-colon, you can only use either a dash or a, 16 uh, or a comma. And since there's a comment at the end, 17 that means we'd have to start it off with a comma. 18 And so our best answer is going to be C because it uses consistent 19 punctuation.