[Video] Q32: No change or colleagues or colleagues, or colleagues

Explanation for Question 32 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 1

Now question number 32 as a punctuation question, 2 we can see that by looking at our answer choices, 3 we have a bunch of a bunch of different ways that we could punctuate 4 the sentence. So let's go ahead and look at the sense it says over 5 time, I've gotten to know several of my co-working colleagues, 6 another website developer, a graphic designer, 7 and a freelance writer and several mobile app coders. 8 And so what's happening here is we have a first, 9 an independent clause. And then after that independent clause, 10 we have a list of the several colleagues, 11 right? First thing, being the web developer, 12 then the graphic designer. Third is the freelance writer. 13 And the last thing in our list is the mobile app coders. 14 So we need to think about what type of punctuation always starts with an 15 independent clause first and then has a list after. 16 And so the main hint here is going to be the list when you're 17 using a list and you have an independent clause first, 18 you can always separate them with a scent with a normal colon, 19 right? 20 So we want to use the normal colon here. The reason B doesn't work 21 is first off, we don't use semi-colons for lists and also what comes second 22 is still a dependent clause and you're not allowed to have a dependent clause 23 after a semi-colon. Um, 24 similarly it's better to have something to separate your independent clause and your dependent 25 clause. So that's why D is no good. 26 We want something in there to separate them. 27 And since we know it's a list, the colon is going to be our 28 best option. So our good answer is going to be a.