Answer Explanations?

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<p>Is there a list of answer explanations for the practice test which CB offers for free online? I think it's also the same as the one in the official SAT Prep packet.</p>

<p>Specifically, I'm looking for an explanation of Section 2 Question 19.</p>

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<p>Nope. All answer explanations for the BB need to be bought in some form...</p>

<p>I'd love to answer ur question...but there happens to be 8 tests in the BB, each with a different section 2 question 19 lol</p>

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<p>I thought this wasn't in the BB? I'm referring to the 1 online free test.</p>

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<p>Oh my bad...I thought u were talking about the practice tests in the BB.
I havent taken the online one yet (or if I did, it was a long time ago and I can't remember any of it) so I can't really help u there...Sorry :(</p>

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<p>Oh, okay.</p>

<p>Well, take this sentence:</p>

<p>"The inflation rate in that country is so high that even with adjusted wages, most workers can barely pay for food and shelter."</p>

<p>The answer says there isn't any error, but I think there is."even with adjusted wages" is an appositive, so it should have a preceding comma. Thus:</p>

<p>"The inflation rate in that country is so high that, even with adjusted wages, most workers can barely pay for food and shelter."</p>

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<p>There is not error.</p>

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<p>Well that's what the answer key said.</p>

<p>But why isn't "even with adjusted wages" a parenthetical clause?</p>

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<p>Its not an appostive because the sentence will flow just fine without the comma. Thus there is no error because not adding the extra comma makes things simplier and on the SAT, the most concise and simple answer is USUALLY always correct.</p>

<p>There might be some grammar rule to apply to that that I dont know...But that's my logic that usually gets me the correct answer on writing.</p>

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<p>The thing which screwed me up is that they have <em>another</em> comma, without any conjunction.</p>

<p>Generally, if information isn't required for the full meaning of sentence then it should be in commas.</p>

<p>"The inflation rate in that country is so high that most workers can barely pay for food and shelter."</p>

<p>That has the same meaning, so the other part isn't really needed. Guess it was just me over-thinking it... (This is the only sentence correction I got wrong.)</p>