【SAT官方每日一题】7/31/12 Writing > Improving Sentences

滚吧肥汤圆UID: 3272378

Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.  
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3 X$ X, k2 J, p" ~Rote learning, the process of memorizing by repetition, is how many young children learn the alphabet or the multiplication tables.





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B. is used for when
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E. which is used when
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Choice (A) is correct. It avoids the errors of the other options by using a main verb, “is,” to link the subject of the sentence, “Rote learning,” to a description of the ways in which this type of learning is used.
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