PSAT Writing and Language Question 484: Answer and Explanation

Question: 484

• A. NO CHANGE
• B. the food scientist's
• C. the careers of food scientists'
• D. food scientist

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

(B) Remember to compare apples to apples, so to speak, in order to preserve parallelism. We are comparing "this career" to the food scientist's career, or simply "the food scientist's," as choice (B) correctly states. Choice (A) is incorrect as "those" implies multiple careers, and choice (C) is wrong for the same reason. Choice (D) is incorrect as we are comparing careers, not the people actually working in those careers.