{"id":"opensat:fd7421549622ac1be9e8fceccfe5f802","source_id":"opensat","source_item_id":"fd7421549622ac1be9e8fceccfe5f802","external_id":"random_id_a2","ibn":null,"question_id":"random_id_a2","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 of the following changes to the second sentence would make it grammatically correct?","stimulus":"The sentence \"When I first moved to a new city, I felt like a fish out of water, but I quickly adapted to my new surroundings.\" is grammatically correct. However, the sentence \"When I first moved to a new city, I felt like a fish out of water, but I quickly adapted to my new surroundings, and I was very happy.\" is grammatically incorrect. Which change to the second sentence would make it grammatically correct?","stimulus_html":"<p>The sentence &quot;When I first moved to a new city, I felt like a fish out of water, but I quickly adapted to my new surroundings.&quot; is grammatically correct. However, the sentence &quot;When I first moved to a new city, I felt like a fish out of water, but I quickly adapted to my new surroundings, and I was very happy.&quot; is grammatically incorrect. Which change to the second sentence would make it grammatically correct?</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which of the following changes to the second sentence would make it grammatically correct?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>The second sentence is a comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined together with only a comma. To correct a comma splice, you can either use a semicolon, a period, or a coordinating conjunction. In this case, the best solution is to remove the word &quot;and&quot; entirely because the second clause (but I quickly adapted to my new surroundings) can stand alone as a complete sentence, making it unnecessary to include the coordinating conjunction, &quot;and.&quot;</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>Change &quot;and&quot; to a semicolon.</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>Remove &quot;and&quot; from the sentence.</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>Change &quot;and&quot; to a comma.</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>Change &quot;and&quot; to a period.</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}}