Today’s ACT question of the day is an English question from a passage about radio broadcasting in the 1920’s. (The photo is from the ’30s, so don’t be fooled. Also, did you know we wouldn’t have radio if it wasn’t for…bananas? True story.)

We need to know if we are transitioning correctly from idea to idea.  Our current transition word is “therefore”, but do we have the right relationship between ideas to support the use of that word?

The sentence prior to the one with underlined part 2 says that movie technology was developing rapidly.  Our sentence is about the power of the airwaves and whether or not it is being used yet.

The sentence about the movies is provided in order to contrast with our sentence.  “Therefore”, then, doesn’t work – it signifies an extension or proof of an idea, not a contrast, so this sentence isn’t qualified to operate that verbal machinery.

However, “however” sets up a nice contrast between the movies and radio.  Choice G is the winner this morning.

The last question we saw from this passage was also about coordinating and subordinating conjunctions (the technical terms for words used to relate two ideas together).