Quick ACT English question

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<p>In the early days of American animation, most shorts were produced in New York City. From the Fleischer brothers’ studio came Betty Boop, Sullivan Studio produced Felix the Cat, and Aesop Fables Studio produced a series of shorts featuring the farmer Al Falfa. These studios churned out shorts at an astonishing pace that sometimes reached one new, though low-quality short per week.</p>

<p>F. No change
G. new, low-quality,
H. new, though, low-quality
J. new, though low-quality,</p>

<p>Error starts with new and ends with quality</p>

<p>**What is the correct answer. Why?</p>

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<p>I think it is because the “though low-quality” is a side note. So you would say:</p>

<p>“reached one new, though low-quality, short per week.” (Answer J)</p>

<p>Sort of as if one said “That student, Andy is very bright.”</p>

<p>The correcty way would be “That student, Andy, is very bright.”</p>

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<p>J .</p>

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<p>J – “though low-quality” is parenthetical matter. You can take it out and it still reads fine.</p>

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<p>I advocate a set of parenthesis, or at least emdashes. Actually, I would prefer “one new short per week”.</p>

<p>And semicolons for the second sentence.</p>

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<p>J, for the same reason as scribner.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help.</p>

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<p>By the way, why would choice G be incorrect?</p>

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<p>you need though to indicate contradiction</p>

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<p>I see, thanks.</p>

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<p>The main reason choice G is incorrect because of the second comma: “short” is a noun, not another adjective. You could write “one new, low-quality short per week.” Putting an extra comma AFTER the last adjective in a series is a common mistake.</p>