<p>(From) its modest beginnings as a series of brief vignettes (and) its establishment as the
longest-running prime-time animated series on television, The Simpsons has transformed (the way that ) both audiences and television programmers (view) the animated sitcom.
(N.E.)</p>
<p>the answer is (B)</p>
<p>. Fireflies, or lightning bugs, are actually soft-bodied bettles, (most of whom producing ) light in a special organs located in the undersides of their abdomens.</p>
<p>a) of whom producing
b) of which produce
c) of them produce
d) produce
e) to produce</p>
<p>the answer is b ( but what is wrong with c )</p>
<p>I believe the idiom is “From X to Y,” so “and” should be “to.”</p>
<p>Omnipotent is exactly right about the first one.</p>
<p>The second one can’t be C because “Most of them produce light…abdomens” is an independent clause. “Fireflies…are…beetles” is also an independent clause. You can’t join two independent clauses to make a compound sentence with only a comma. In choice B, by contrast, using “most of which” instead of “most of them” makes the second clause–the one about producing light–a subordinate clause. And you can join an independent clause and a subordinate clause with only a comma.</p>
<p>why does the sat love to test idioms? most high school students don’t even learn about them. </p>
<p>also, anyone have any tips on how to study idioms? they’re really confusing and the only way to know them is if you memorize them. >:( frustrating!</p>