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CAHSEE ELA Writing Section: Word Choice Drill 6, Problem 1. What should replace the underlined portion of the below sentence, if anything?
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- 00:03
It's howdy-shmoopy time...
- 00:15
What should replace the underlined portion of the below sentence, if anything?
- 00:19
The author was having trouble finishing their novel, but they had a deadline.
- 00:24
And here are the potential answers:
- 00:26
So... what is this question asking?
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- 00:27
Well, it's kind of a question of informality in everyday language. We say a lot of things
- 00:33
that... jus' ain't right. Like... what we just said.
- 00:38
So, in this sentence, is it Hemingway, Steinbeck and Heinlein having trouble finishing THEIR novel?
- 00:44
Nope... it's just THE author. One lonely sad typist who had parental love issues.
- 00:53
Those other guys weren't so great at collaborating anyway. So it can't be D.
- 00:58
Choice A might have been a contender if it said "SHE had a deadline," but it doesn't...
- 01:03
so it's bad grammar.
- 01:04
C calls the author an "it." Just not very nice.
- 01:08
So the only one that works B.
- 01:10
As in, "Bad grammar."
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