The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Part of the following sentence is bold; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the bold material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

At the airline, their pilots were angry with the prospect of seeing their pension plans replaced with less generous versions, vowed to use legal means to fight such a move.

A. At the airline, their pilots were angry with
B. The airline’s pilots had anger because of
C. Pilots at the airline, angered at
D. It angered pilots at the airline,
E. Their pilots, angry at the airline for

Answer is C

Here's Why:

Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by removing the unnecessary pronoun “their” and by using concise phrasing to indicate that the pilots were the ones who “vowed to use legal means to fight such a move.”


Question Type: Improving Sentences

(Writing)