Question

SAT Grammar Question

Answer 1

Rightio:
a. This doesn't make sense in the slightest; you don't 'determine about something'. We can easily eliminate this option.
b. What is the subject? 'Judges' are what we are referring to. Because 'judges' is a plural noun (more than one person), 'he or she' is incorrect, because that phrase refers to individual people. Thus, we would use 'they' because out subject is plural.
c. This makes sense. A viable option.
d. Again with the 'he or she'; either 'they' or not at all.
e. Uses 'they' but has a period at the end. We can't end the sentence with our option, because the phrase already has an end.
Thus, answer is c.

Answer 2

I thought that you use whether if it includes something like "whether ....or"

Answer 3

Oh, you mean like an idiomatic pair (like neither .. nor) ?
I didn't know that was one, but it definitely could be. However, the 'or' in these options is used as part of the subject 'he or she', which is different from the use you're referring to

Answer 4

Yeah, I was talking about the idiomatic usage, but I understand a whole lot more - Thank You.

Answer 5

Yeah, the idioms are definitely confusing. Blech. :p