<p>I've been taking many ACT practice tests in preparation for Saturday, and though my average ACT score for the English section is pretty decent (31), I seem to be missing some of the easier questions.</p>
<p>One of the problems I'm having is that I'm able to narrow the answer choices down to two possible solutions, but sometimes I have a problem deciding when a comma is necessary to off-set a clause and when it's not.</p>
<p>It seems to me that more often than not, the correct answer is the one with the comma omitted?</p>
<p>Would anyone who does well on this section agree?</p>
<p>From my own experiences, and what I've read, whenever the answer choice "OMIT" is provided, there's a 90% chance that choice is the correct one. </p>
<p>As for comma omissions, I don't know if I'd agree with that. I always try and hear the sentence in my mind, and based on how it sounds, make grammatically correct answer choices. I always score at least 30+ on the ACT English.</p>
<p>I always do the same - I read each answer choice to see what sounds right first (And then go back and check for grammatical rules). It by no means is an absolute rule, it's just something I've observed over these practice tests.</p>