Can someone please help me with my writing

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<p>I don't know why but I'm getting more and more confused as I do more practice writing questions
some do say that writing multiple choice section is the easiest to raise the score in short time period but for me i guess it's the opposite
it has been three months and I'm still struggling and getting lyk 600~650's
ok these are questions that I'm really confused with </p>

<ol>
<li><p>[Like his other cookbooks], in his new book Chef Louis offers lengthy explanations of what he considers to be basic cooking principles.
the answer was "As he does in his other cookbooks~" and the explanation told me that it was wrong to introduce a new clause with 'like' </p></li>
<li><p>[Like other composers of his time], Back was [dependent on] the generation [of] rich sponsors and patrons [for] his livelihood. [No error]
the answer was no error and I was actually shocked to get this wrong because I thought it was wrong to start a sentence with "like" </p></li>
</ol>

<p>i think the first question was from the barrons and the second one was from the actual PSAT question do u guys think it's right to follow the PSAT explanation?
this keeps happening to me and I'm getting more and more confused with all those junky grammar rules plz help me someone is there like a complete guide of grammar book that I can just memorize and ace on the writing multiple choice section?
thx for reading :)</p>

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<p>[Like his other cookbooks] describes Chef Louis, which is illogical, cuz Chef Louis is not like his other cookbooks. If it was “[Like his other cookbooks], Chef Louis’ new book offers lengthy explanations of what he considers to be basic cooking principles.”, that’ll be right </p>

<p>[Like other composers of his time] describes Bach logically, so it’s correct.</p>

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<p>oooooohhh I get it hm
here’s another question</p>

<ol>
<li>The subject of the evening editorial was us instructors~
–> the explanation says that it should be ‘we’ instead of ‘us’</li>
<li>Apparently impressed with our plans, the foundation awarded [Carlos and I] a grant to establish a network of community centers throughout the city
–> the ‘I’ shoud be ‘me’</li>
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<p>can you clarify this? thx!</p>

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<p>although i can spot the error in 1. i can’t clarify it. </p>

<p>in 2, however, “Carlos and I” is the object of the sentence. “I” is used when it is the subject of the sentence such as in,</p>

<p>I hit the ball.</p>

<p>But you never say, </p>

<p>The ball hit I. You have to use “me” because it would be the object.</p>

<p>The ball hit me. </p>

<p>In this sentence, the foundation awarded … [object] … so “me” has to be used.</p>

<p>another good way to do these questions is to remove the things in the middle so that you’re left with “the foundation awarded I a grant to…” it’s easier to spot the error now.</p>