<p>Only by tapping their last reserves of energy were the team members able to salvage what was beginning to look like a lost cause. No Error</p>
<p>When Doris Lessing published The Golden Notebook in 1962, it instantly established herself as one of the most important literary voices of her generation. No Error</p>
<p>It was a Chinese American grower who finally succeeded with adapting the now familiar orange tree to the American climate. No Error</p>
<p>In Anglor, Cambodia's ancient city, a clever designed reservoir, five miles long and one mile wide, supplied fish and helped farmers to produce three crops of rice annually. No Error</p>
<p>Five years in the writing, her new book is both a response to her critics' mistrust with her earlier findings and an elaboration of her original thesis. No Error</p>
<p>Despite its cultural importance, the Daily Gazette lost 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 and, by 1955, was losing as much as $200,000 a year. No Error</p>
<p>Some beaches are frequently contaminated by untreated sewage that flows into the ocean, which can last for several days.</p>
<p>A) ocean, which can last for several days
b) ocean that can last for several days
c) ocean, it can last for several days
d) ocean, while contamination can last several days
e) ocean; the contamination can last for several days</p>
<ol>
<li>No error.</li>
<li>‘it’ because of the reflexive pronoun ‘herself’. Rather than
it instantly established herself as one of the most important literary voices of her generation.
It should read
she instantly established herself as one of the…</li>
<li>“with adapting” this is an incorrect idiom. It should be succeeded IN adapting.</li>
<li>“clever” is used as an adjective, but it is attributive to the verb “designed” so it should appropriately be changed to an adverb. </li>
<li>“with” it’s an incorrect idiom. It should be mistrust OF.</li>
<li>“lost”
the Daily Gazette lost 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920
The keyword is “since”, therefore, the verb must be changed to “has lost”.</li>
</ol>
<p>Some beaches are frequently contaminated by untreated sewage that flows into the ocean, which can last for several days.
e) ocean; the contamination can last for several days</p>
<p>I picked E because it takes away the ambiguity of “What can last several days? The ocean?” This may be more wordy than the other choices, but it more grammatically sound.</p>
<p>i thought for the third one if cleverly was used, the answer would be “to produce” because the to is not needed. it is redundant.</p>
<p>I apologize for not previously noticing this thread.</p>
<p>FireLion’s question is answered here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/1370262-im-payphone-trying-get-some-sat-writing-help.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/1370262-im-payphone-trying-get-some-sat-writing-help.html</a></p>
<p>I agree thoroughly with Metrical’s post #3. I also agree with post #4 but would note further that the SAT is generally opposed to clausal antecedence, which is to say that a pronoun should not refer to a clause but merely a noun or noun phrase. In the original sentence, “which” means to refer to the previous clause itself rather than a noun, creating some ambiguity. Choice (C) has a similar problem (“it” means to refer to a clause) in addition to a comma splice. Choice (D) illogically uses “while,” which should be used for contrast.</p>