SAT English Practice Question
A new study suggests that the way people use language can be more revealing about their personality than the way they use body language. The study’s authors discovered that a person’s vocabulary and syntax—the structure of their sentences—can be more significant than their body language in revealing their true personality. Researchers found that those with a larger vocabulary and more complex sentence structures, for example, tend to be more thoughtful and analytical.
- A.The study’s authors discovered that a person’s vocabulary and syntax, the structure of their sentences, can be more significant than their body language in revealing their true personality.
- B.Researchers found that, for example, those with a larger vocabulary and more complex sentence structures, tend to be more thoughtful and analytical.
- C.Researchers found that, for example, those with a larger vocabulary and more complex sentence structures tend to be more thoughtful and analytical.
- D.The study’s authors discovered that a person’s vocabulary and syntax—the structure of their sentences—can be more significant than their body language, in revealing their true personality.
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