[Video] Q11: No change or nor or but or and

Explanation for Question 11 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 8

So the sentence for question 11 tells us that the strict approach may not 2 work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and in the, 3 in the environmental cost of not composting, 4 all municipalities should encourage their residents to either create their own compost piles for 5 use in their backyards or to dispose of compostable materials and bins 6 for collection. So here we're given two options, 7 right? We are saying that they could either 8 create their own compost piles or do this right. 9 And so whenever you use either you use the word for right, 10 we can think about there being two P two pairs there's either or, 11 and neither nor. 12 So since we use either not neither, we know that nor isn't going to 13 be right. And then if we're thinking about either, 14 we don't say and right, because, and implies that you have to do both 15 of them, but either tells us that they can do whichever one they choose. 16 So, and goes against the word either. 17 You'll never use either with the word and then finally, 18 but, um, either to create their own compost piles, 19 but to dispose of compostable materials in their bins again. 20 But it's kind of just like, and in this case, it's not a word 21 that you use with either you're only going to use or when you use 22 the word either. So for that reason, 23 we're going to do a no change.