SAT Reading & Writing · Form, Structure, and Sense
Determined to finish the marathon despite a sprained ankle, ______
Determined to finish the marathon despite a sprained ankle, ______
Which choice most logically and grammatically completes the sentence?
Which choice most logically and grammatically completes the sentence?
Answer and explanation
Answer: C: the runner limped through the final, impossibly long mile.
The opening phrase "Determined to finish the marathon despite a sprained ankle" describes a person capable of feeling determination, so it must attach to a noun naming that person immediately after the comma. Only *the runner* fits. A and D both place something other than a person right after the comma, "the final mile" and "an impossibly long final mile," which would illogically suggest a mile of road felt determined to finish a marathon. B supplies no noun at all after the comma for the opening phrase to attach to.
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