[Video] Q35: No change or coolidge— or coolidge or coolidge

Explanation for Question 35 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3

So looking at number 35, as we read the sentence, 2 we should first notice that we have a dash, 3 right. Which kind of causes us to pause. 4 And then that emit image, the, um, the information that follows that dash is 5 what we would call extra information. Right? It kind of describes the image of 6 dogs playing poker, but it's not really essential to the sentence. 7 And that's what we call an a positive phrase. 8 And when you have an, a positive phrase, you can set it off with 9 commas, meaning you start it and you end it with commas or you start 10 it and you end it with dashes. You're not allowed to mix and match. 11 And as it's written, we've mixed and matched, right. 12 We started with a dash and ended with a comma. So this calm is 13 not right. If we start with a dash, we need to end with a 14 dash, which allows us to choose answer choice B.