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27. The correct answer is (A). The original is correct as written. Each of the other choices introduces
an error. As for (B), this wording implies that Janice’s lack of interest is somehow the result of her
lack of sewing skills, but that is not the meaning intended by the original sentence. The rendering in
(C) is awkward compared to the original. The use of nor in (D) is not idiomatic. You would have to
say “She has neither the necessary sewing skills nor the interest.” Finally, (E) is awkward when
compared to the original.
28. The correct answer is (B). The original sentence is ambiguous. It intends to say that the Board can
choose not to license a particular teacher, but the sentence as written implies that the Board has the
authority to decide whether or not it will implement a licensing scheme in general. (B) eliminates this
ambiguity. As for (C), the use of the gerund is not idiomatic. (You might, however, say “whether or
not to license a particular teacher.”) In (D), the as is superfluous and not idiomatic. (E) fails to
correct the error of the original, and the words following the comma are not needed.

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Writing Test
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■ SAT II Subject Tests
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29. The correct answer is (A). The original is correct as written. It uses the idiom “from this rather than
from that.” (B), (C), and (E) each destroy the idiomatic structure:
(B) from this as from that
(C) as this as much as from that
(E) from this but that
These are not acceptable English phrases. (D) drastically changes the meaning of the original, for it
asserts that the decision to go to law school is the result of a lack of direction and commitment to the
principles of justice.
30. The correct answer is (D). In the original, the part of the sentence that follows the comma is cut off
from the rest of the sentence. Problem is a noun, and every other word in that part somehow modifies
problem. But a noun can be added in that fashion only as an appositive, and an appositive must “echo”
another noun in the sentence. Here, however, there is no other noun for problem to echo. (D) corrects
the error by transforming the failed appositive into an independent clause with its own subject and
verb and joining that clause to the rest of the sentence with and. (B) avoids the error of the original but
is needlessly wordy when compared to the correct choice. (C) makes the illogical assertion that a
person (one) is devoid of any social element. And (E) uses a pronoun, it, that has no referent.