Sat Qotd 8.11.06

legolas52
Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:15:27 +0000

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Part 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.

The moose and the wapiti are the largest members of the deer family, each of them are found in North America, Europe, and Asia.

A. family, each of them are
B. family, both are
C. family, which are
D. family and are both
E. family and each are

I didn’t understand the explanation:
It avoids the errors of the original by eliminating the extra subject, “each,” and by avoiding subject-verb disagreement.