[Video] Q39: Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?

Explanation for Question 39 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 1

So for question 39, we're trying to effectively combine two sentences. 2 Let's first take a look at that. At those sentences, 3 it says also studies that found that students who major in philosophy often do 4 better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical writing. 5 These results can be measured by standardized test scores. 6 Right? So we're trying to combine right here and looking here, 7 we see, um, as measured by standardized test score. 8 So we're saying that both verbal and analytical writing as measured by standardized 9 test scores. And so this one seems, 10 um, pretty good, right? Because there's no repetition here. 11 We're not repeating that we're measuring, we're not repeating anything else from the 12 sentence. And the grammar is going to check out. So writing as seems like 13 it could be a good answer from the start. Now, 14 if we look at B, it says, and these results can't be, 15 so here are the grammar is also good, 16 right? 17 Because we have an icy and independent clause, 18 a comment and, and then another independent clause. 19 And so that is perfectly correct. However, this one has more words than needed, 20 right? Because we know what the results are. 21 The results are that philosophy students did better. 22 And then we repeat that by saying these results. 23 So be as a little bit repetitive, 24 which is not as good as a, um, 25 now C says, which can also be, 26 um, measured by standardized test scores. 27 So again, if we have to choose between saying as, 28 and which can also be as is shorter, 29 so that's going to make a, a better answer than C it's more straight 30 to the point. And, um, 31 D is very similar to beat, right? We repeat the results are, 32 which again is longer than as one when it's longer, 33 things get a little more complicated. And so the best answer, 34 because it's concise and non repetitive is going to be a.