[Video] Q7: No change or worse than or worse then or worse, than

Explanation for Question 7 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 8

So in question seven, we need to first decide between the word then, 2 or then, and then choose if we want to use a comma. 3 And so before we go into this, we should know that than is a 4 comparison word. So if you're comparing two things and you're 5 using van, you use the version with an a. 6 So for example, going to the beach is more fun than going to the 7 mountains, right? We're comparing two things. 8 So use the eight version then talks about order. 9 So the example of doing things, right, 10 uh, we went to the store and then we went to the doctor. 11 So when you're putting things in chronological order, 12 you use the E version of the word. 13 So let's look at our sentence. It says even worse than squandering, 14 this useful resource is the fact that composts and landfills cannot break down. 15 So we can see that what we're doing here is we are comparing two 16 things. 17 We're comparing how bad squandering resources are to the 18 fact that it cannot break down. 19 Right? So we're saying that break, not breaking down is worse than squandering the 20 resources. This is in the chronological order thing. 21 It's more so a comparison thing. So we want to choose answer choices that 22 use the van with an a, so we have to use be your D 23 and now the question is, do we put a comma here? And so the 24 answer is, no, you don't put a comma before the van, 25 no comma before then. 26 And that's because we're not actually separating two distinct clauses are two distinct phrases. 27 This all kind of goes together. This first part here. 28 Um, and so since it's just one clause, 29 we don't need to put a comment in the middle of it. And so 30 our best answer is going to be B.