[Video] Q36: No change or that feared or fearing or to fear

Explanation for Question 36 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7

36 says this version of events persisted, 2 and the legend became that Wells as broadcast had as many as 12 million people 3 who feared that Martians had invaded earth. 4 So this one is a little bit tricky because each answer choice or certain 5 answer choices, give the sentence a slightly different meaning. 6 The meaning that we're trying to get is that Wells is broadcast 7 pretty much made people afraid that Martians invaded earth, 8 right? It gave them that fear. If we leave it as who 9 feared or even that feared, 10 it makes it seem like the broadcast had as many as 12 million 11 people. And then this just kind of modifies that phrase. 12 But the, the main point, if we leave it as who feared, 13 the main point of the sentence would be that the broadcast had as many 14 as 12 million people, but that's the thing broadcasts can't 15 have things. People can have things. 16 Animals can have things, but a broadcast can't have possession 17 of 12 million people. That's what the sentence means. 18 If we leave it as who or that. So that's why both of these 19 would be wrong. Another distinction to make with option B 20 is we don't use the word that when referring 21 to human beings, we want to use the word who we use that for 22 objects and stuff. So that's another reason why B would not work in this 23 setting. Now C says fearing Wells, 24 this broadcast had as many as 12 million people fearing that has had invaded 25 earth. This one works really well. 26 And it gives the sentenc...