{"id":"opensat:c1379fdd36a5a66635d035d713623415","source_id":"opensat","source_item_id":"c1379fdd36a5a66635d035d713623415","external_id":"random_id_english_8","ibn":null,"question_id":"random_id_english_8","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":null,"skill":null,"difficulty":"E","score_band":null,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?","stimulus":"A recent study found that people who spend more time outdoors tend to have lower stress levels. ______ the study, researchers concluded that exposure to natural environments can have a positive impact on mental health.","stimulus_html":"<p>A recent study found that people who spend more time outdoors tend to have lower stress levels. ______ the study, researchers concluded that exposure to natural environments can have a positive impact on mental health.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>The correct answer is A. The sentence is a complete thought with a subject (the study), a verb (concluded), and an object (that exposure to natural environments can have a positive impact on mental health). This sentence introduces a new piece of information, so it needs a transition, and the transition should be a comma plus a coordinating conjunction. The conjunction &quot;according to&quot; is the best choice because it indicates that the new information is based on the previous information. The other choices are incorrect because they don’t follow the conventions of Standard English. Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because they use punctuation marks that are not used in Standard English to join two independent clauses in a sentence. Choice B is incorrect because the colon is used to introduce a list, a definition, or a series of items. Choice C is incorrect because the comma plus the comma cannot be used to join two complete sentences. Choice D is incorrect because a semicolon is used to connect two sentences or clauses that are related in meaning, but the clauses must be independent clauses. In this sentence, the first clause depends on the second for its meaning, so the semicolon is not the correct punctuation mark.</p>","correct_answer":["A"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":null,"source_updated_at":null,"options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>According to</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>According to:</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>According to,</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>According to;</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}}