{"id":"opensat:82ddc2052f6d970cbc2d7c5bfcb27202","source_id":"opensat","source_item_id":"82ddc2052f6d970cbc2d7c5bfcb27202","external_id":"8a6c30fa","ibn":null,"question_id":"8a6c30fa","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":null,"skill":null,"difficulty":"M","score_band":null,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice best combines the sentences at the underlined portion to create a grammatically correct and stylistically effective sentence?","stimulus":"The team members wanted to make their research relevant to as wide an audience as possible. One of the members of the research team noted that, because of the way they had designed their research, the team’s findings were only useful to those who already had a strong background in the field of research. \"Our results can be applied to many other situations, but only if people know a lot about what we already know, which is a problem,\" she said. The team members decided to adjust their research methods to make the results more accessible.","stimulus_html":"<p>The team members wanted to make their research relevant to as wide an audience as possible. One of the members of the research team noted that, because of the way they had designed their research, the team’s findings were only useful to those who already had a strong background in the field of research. &quot;Our results can be applied to many other situations, but only if people know a lot about what we already know, which is a problem,&quot; she said. The team members decided to adjust their research methods to make the results more accessible.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice best combines the sentences at the underlined portion to create a grammatically correct and stylistically effective sentence?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice B is the best answer because it correctly uses a comma and a conjunction to combine the two sentences. Choices A and C are incorrect because they are comma splices, and Choice D is incorrect because it uses a semicolon incorrectly. Semicolons can be used to combine two independent clauses, but the two clauses in the underlined portion are not independent clauses.</p>","correct_answer":["B"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":null,"source_updated_at":null,"options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>but only if people know a lot about what we already know, which is a problem.&quot;</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>but only if people know a lot about what we already know, which is a problem.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>but only if people know a lot about what we already know which is a problem.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>but only if people know a lot about what we already know; which is a problem.</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"opensat","source_name":"OpenSAT community question bank","rights_holder":"OpenSAT contributors","canonical_url":"https://github.com/Anas099X/OpenSAT","retrieved_from":"https://pinesat.duckdns.org/api/questions","attribution":"Reading and Writing practice questions from the OpenSAT community question bank, whose licence permits free use of the database.","disclaimer":"OpenSAT items are community-written or AI-generated practice material, not official College Board questions; quality varies.","license":"OpenSAT LICENSE.md: the database may be used freely, including commercially, without restriction. Code is separately restricted.","redistributable":true,"item_count":1406}}