Answer Choices
NO CHANGE
affording horses or farm implements was impossible for many exodusters, who
many exodusters could not afford horses or farm implements and
the lack of affordability of horses or farm implements meant many exodusters
Explanation for Question 8 From the Writing Section on the 2020 March Sat
Not for number eight. Our best answer is going to be C, 2 which says many exit adjusters could not afford horses or farm implements. 3 And the reason being, because it's an active voice on the sat, 4 you always want to choose the answer choices, an active voice, 5 which I'll call AB and an active voice. 6 We see that the subject, the thing that's doing the verb always comes before 7 the verb in the sentence. And in contrast, 8 we can also have passive voice. These types of sentences would be incorrect. 9 And that is where the subject comes after the verb. 10 Instead of before the verb. Now, in a way we can see that says 11 the horses are from farm implements could not be afforded by many exit dusters. 12 So in this case, our verb is to afford, 13 right? That's the, the important verb of the sentence. 14 We can see that the exit dusters are the people who do the affording 15 and they've come after the verb afford. 16 That's why a is incorrect because it's in passive voice. 17 Um, and again, if you look at B affording horses or farm implements was 18 impossible for many exit esters, right? Here's our verb to afford. 19 And here's our subject exit esters as a subject has come after the verb, 20 which means that bees also in passive voice. 21 And therefore it's incorrect now looking at, 22 see, this is the one that is correct. Many exit dusters are subject, 23 could not afford our verb courses. 24 And so, because he's an active voice, 25 C is going to be a better answer than a an...