<p>I remember someone mentioning a very short grammar/vocab help guide for the SAT---it was 2 names, like S.....and W.....? Anybody know it?</p>
<p>strunk and white?</p>
<p>Probably Strunk and White. I have Grammar Smart instead, and so far it's been pretty helpful for school too.</p>
<p>Yes, Strunk and White may be it! It is indeed short, but it's not designed to be an SAT guide. It's more of a general primer about how to write well. It is also not a vocab guide, but will teach you many of the rules of writing and grammar. Get something else to improve your vocab with.</p>
<p>I have definitely noticed that most of the principles you need to know for the SAT are mentioned in Strunk and White. The only downside (in my opinion) is that the material is organized in a way that helps writers and editors, not in a way that helps test takers. </p>
<p>I'd say that if you have some time and you want to improve your writing (in real life) while also working on your SAT, you should work from Strunk and White. On the other hand, if you want a crash course in bubble test grammar, you might want to hit a guide like Maximum SAT.</p>
<p>How about Gruber, 10 th edition? The grammar section seemed comprehensive.
What do u think?</p>
<p>Hmmmm.</p>
<p>I haven't looked at Gruber much recently, although it wouldn't surprise me if it was quite good. For the Writing section, I use three things:</p>
<p>1) Maximum SAT
2) A GMAT book, actually (that's the business school test) called "Manhattan GMAT Sentence Completions" or something like that
3) All the real SATs and PSAT problems I can get my hands on (QAS photocopies, Blue Book tests, CB online tests, PSAT tests). . . converting them to flashcards as we go.</p>
<p>I also like the mantra "Verbs, then pronouns, then everything else." You should always always double check all the verbs and pronouns before circling E. But that's a small thing.</p>
<p>Sometimes, for advanced students, I use GMAT Sentence Completion problems just to push the envelope a little bit, and that seems to work for some people.</p>
<p>I am not telling you about all my sources to suggest that you go and buy them all right away :) : more to illustrate that everybody may have their own bizarro hodgepodge of materials. I think that the Writing section really covers a pretty finite, limited amount of material, and most prep books have figured out what to present by now. </p>
<p>Anyway! :) I bet Gruber's is pretty good. If you find it clear and easy to follow, you should use it. Then you should keep some kind of record of the problems you missed on real SATs and go over and over and over them. That's my favorite strategy, anyway.</p>