[Video] Q35: No change or chemists, melvin calvin or chemists melvin calvin, or chemists: melvin calvin

Explanation for Question 35 From the Writing Section on the 2020 October Sat

So question 35 is asking us if and where we should use a comma. 2 If we need to use a comma, let me zoom in a little bit 3 here. We can see, it says the discovery was made through a series of 4 experiments conducted by the chemist, 5 Melvin, Calvin and Andrew Benson. So we have two chemists here, 6 Calvin and Benson, right. And if we know that we're only have two chemists, 7 it's not really a full list. We just say the name and the second 8 name. And so answer choice C is putting a comma between them, 9 right? Which might be okay if we had a full list, 10 but since it's only two, uh, two people, 11 two names, we don't need to put a comma in between them. 12 So C is not going to be any good. And now we have answer 13 choice D Melvin, Calvin, and an Andrew Benson. 14 And that might look tempting, right? 15 Cause this is kind of like a list, but again, we only have two 16 objects here or not two objects, 17 but two people, we only have two people, so it's not a full list. 18 Right. And also when we think about colons, 19 we need to remember that they have to separate two independent clauses. 20 And if I just say, Melvin, Calvin and Andrew Benson, 21 that's a dependent clause. Right. Cause I haven't put in any sub any verb, 22 there's no verb. Right? And so even though it's tempting, 23 because this seems like a list, even when you're using a list, 24 you still want it to be an independent clause. 25 Right? So our best answer is not going to be D and 26 especially, cause if we lo...