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CAHSEE ELA Writing Section: Word Choice Drill 6, Problem 1. What should replace the underlined portion of the below sentence, if anything?

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00:03

It's howdy-shmoopy time...

00:15

What should replace the underlined portion of the below sentence, if anything?

00:19

The author was having trouble finishing their novel, but they had a deadline.

00:24

And here are the potential answers:

00:26

So... what is this question asking?

00:27

Well, it's kind of a question of informality in everyday language. We say a lot of things

00:33

that... jus' ain't right. Like... what we just said.

00:38

So, in this sentence, is it Hemingway, Steinbeck and Heinlein having trouble finishing THEIR novel?

00:44

Nope... it's just THE author. One lonely sad typist who had parental love issues.

00:53

Those other guys weren't so great at collaborating anyway. So it can't be D.

00:58

Choice A might have been a contender if it said "SHE had a deadline," but it doesn't...

01:03

so it's bad grammar.

01:04

C calls the author an "it." Just not very nice.

01:08

So the only one that works B.

01:10

As in, "Bad grammar."

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