Explanation for Question 12 From the Writing Section on the 2020 March Sat
Now for number 12, our best. Answer's going to be a, 2 if we look at the question, we see that it asks us which choice 3 most effectively combines the sentences. 4 Right? And so we have our two sentences here and it says that, 5 um, starting at the beginning, 6 yes, Julian Hume, a paleontologist at the natural history museum and Hertfordshire union 7 United Kingdom has long been troubled by the misunderstanding surrounding the scientific community's 8 knowledge of the Dodo, a large flightless bird. 9 This bird was endemic to the Indian ocean. And Miranda's unlikely when extinct after, 10 um, the year 1693. 11 And so we can immediately see that there's some repetition within these two sentence, 12 right? It calls it a large flightless bird. 13 And then it says this was a bird. So that's a point where we 14 can combine to get rid of some words. Right? 15 And if we look at a we've only said bird once, 16 and then we introduce a new information. 17 So in a there's no repetition, which is why a is our best answer. 18 Now we can also eliminate B, C and D because they are repetitive. 19 If we look at B, we see that it says the word bird twice, 20 and there's no need to do that right. To repetitive. 21 If we look at, uh, see it says bird, 22 but then it goes on to name the bird again, 23 later in the sentence, if we already said Dodo earlier on right here, 24 there's no need to say Dodo again. The later on, 25 in the same sentence, it's too repetitive. 26 And finally, D we see the word bird here. 27 And then we see this phrase one that on this island, 28 this is a really long and not straightforward phrase, 29 right? The one probably means bird, 30 but that's a little bit confusing. We can't be sure. 31 And so this whole phrase at the end really makes D a confusing answer 32 choice, and also not straightforward and maybe a little bit repetitive. 33 So with all of that in mind, our best answer has to be a.