<p>Help me, I’m so confused x__x</p>
<p>The literary technique used by Gabriel Garcia [Marquez, like some other Latin American writers, are] described as magic realism.</p>
<p>C) Marquez, like some other Latin American writers, is</p>
<p>E) Marquez and some other Latin American writers is</p>
<p>Why is E correct? Doesn’t it change the original meaning of the question? In the original, Marquez is the main subject, being compared to other writers. In E, marquez is still the main subject, but is taken as a whole with the writers.</p>
<p>Ahh, I just took the practice test yesterday, and I remember this question. I was about to choose C but I took a double-take and picked E. My reasoning is that C implies that the literary technique is similar to the other Latin American writers themselves. It would’ve been correct if it said, “The literary technique used by blahblah, similar to THAT of some other blahblahs” But since it doesn’t do that, E is correct because it correctly conveys that the same literary technique is used by both Gabriel AND her contemporaries.</p>
<p>Actually, I believe “The literary technique” is the main subject, in which case “is” would be correct. If you omit the information between the commas, you would have “The literary technique used by Gabriel Garcia Marquez are described as magic realism.” The main subject, “the literary technique” is singular, so “is” must replace “are”.</p>
<p>I agree with Pattyrick. The original sentence has two errors! First the verb. The subject is technique so the verb “are” needs to be changed to the singular “is”. And second the phrase: “like some other Latin American writers”. The comparison is ambiguous: “like to what”? Presumably technique – so it could be corrected to: “like that of other Latin American writers”. Since you don’t show that as a choice, E is best.</p>
<p>All this said I tend to doubt that a double error writing question would appear on the SAT.</p>
<p>I agree with @KingZant. </p>
<p>In this case, the subject seems to be “the literary technique”. Tricky though, I probably would’ve put C myself.</p>