The Official SAT Question of the Day™

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one bold part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.


The largest(A) European type of(B) newt grows to about seven inches, while(C) the largest American type, the California newt, it grows(D) to about six inches. No error (E)


(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Answer is D

Here's Why:

The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an unnecessary pronoun. The pronoun “it” should be deleted so that the comparison is clear: one type of newt “grows to about seven inches,” and the other “grows to about six inches.”


Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors

(Writing)