[Video] Q38: No change or appraised or upraised or raised

Explanation for Question 38 From the Writing Section on the 2020 March Sat

So looking at question number 38, our best answer is going to be D 2 raised. And this question is more so about being familiar with common phrases in 3 English language, rather than grammar rules or understanding where sentences belong. 4 Right? So if we look here in this sentence, 5 it says that Greece has blank raised the question of the sculptures repatriation. 6 And so the common phrase in English is R a S E R 7 a I S E D raised like to bring upwards. 8 Um, and that's what we see in the answer choice D um, 9 but if you were unsure about what it could be, we could also eliminate 10 the other answer choices. If we look at a raised with a Z, 11 this is not the normal spelling of raised, 12 right. Um, normally we see Ray's spelled R a I S E D a, 13 but if we're looking at this spelling of the word, we could perhaps think 14 about, um, a similar word razor, 15 right. 16 In a razor would be used to cut something. And so perhaps the word 17 raised is referring to the cutting of something as it's spelled in the answer 18 choice. A and we know here that we're not cutting the question, 19 right? We're raising the question, we're bringing the question to people's attention. 20 And so a is spelled incorrectly, even though the word sounds correct. 21 And finally, B and C appraise has the wrong definition appraise 22 with an app. That means to look at something and determine its value determinants 23 worth. For example, um, people might have their house appraised if they want to 24 sel...