<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.
A.) ocean, which can last for several days
B.) ocean that can last for severaal days
C.) it can last for several days
D.) ocean, while contamination can last for several days
E.) ocean; the contamination can last for several days</p>
<p>Santa Fe is one of the oldest cities in the United States, its **adobe architecture, spectacular setting, and clear, radiant light have long made it a magnet for artists.**
A.) Santa Fe, is one of the oldest cities in the United States, its
B.) Santa Fe, which is one of the oldest cities in the United States, its
C.) Santa Fe, which is one of the oldest cities in the United States, has
D.) Santa Fe is one of the oldest cities in the United States; its
E.) Santa Fe, one of the oldest cities in the United States, and its</p>
<p>first one you may be correct, I’d have to see the other choices</p>
<p>2nd one is E, because it clears up the ambiguity of what can last for several days, the ocean or the contamination…D looks good, but it changes the meaning of the sentence</p>
<p>3rd one is D…semi colon needed to separate two different sentences</p>
<h1>1) I’m not sure which parts of this sentence were underlined as answer choices, but I think “lost” should be “has lost,” because it says the paper has lost 70% of its subscribers SINCE 1920. Present perfect (has + verb) is used for situations in which something began in the past and continues to the present, and the paper began losing customers in 1920 and is still losing them today.</h1>
<h1>2) “Which can last for several days” is a misplaced modifier. Right now it’s placed directly after ocean, which makes it look like the ocean lasts for several days. What really lasts for several days? It’s the contamination from the the untreated sewage. E states that most clearly.</h1>
<h1>3) The original sentence consists of two independent clauses strung together with a comma, which can only be used for dependent clauses. The use of “Its adobe architecture” indicates the beginning of another sentence, since “its” is a subject pronoun standing in for the antecedent “Santa Fe.” You need to break it up after “United States” and before “its adobe.” The most concise way to do that is to connect the two clauses with a semicolon, which is intended to link together two closely related independent clauses. D is the best answer.</h1>
<p>All the other answer choices stick the “oldest cities” part in a descriptive phrase set off by a comma, which can only be followed by a verb. If you remove that descriptive phrase, the sentence becomes “Santa Fe its adobe architecture, spectacular setting, and clear radiant light have long made it a magnet for artists,” which obviously doesn’t make any sense. Santa Fe needs to be followed by a verb, so you would have to rearrange the sentence to say something like, “Santa Fe, which is one of the oldest cities in the US, IS a magnet for artists because of x, y, and z.”</p>
<p>wow well i guess chemicalnames gave far better more detailed answers than me…and thanks for the answer to the first one, I never knew about the present verb (has+verb) rule thanks that helps alot:)</p>
<p>You’re welcome, glad I helped! You probably use some form of the present perfect every day without realizing it:</p>
<p>“How long HAVE you PLAYED the piano?” (assuming you began lessons in the past)
“Oh, I’VE PLAYED it since I was seven.” (implies: I still play it now, or it’s still relevant to my life in some way)</p>
<p>The reason it’s structured that way is because of how the present perfect functions. Check out silverturtle’s SAT Writing guide if you have any tense questions; it’s a good resource.</p>
<p>For the second question about the contaminated beaches I chose B. I had E as a choice because I thought that the sentence was already complete, but then I choose B because I thought that iwas more concise:(</p>
<p>The key is to pinpoint what problem you need to fix. The misplaced modifier was the problem in this case, and E still has that problem. It does look appealing length-wise, but it incorrectly says that the ocean is what’s lasting several days.</p>
<p>“Some beaches are frequently contaminated by untreated sewage that flows into [the ocean that can last for several days].”</p>
<p>Always just check to make sure descriptive phrases are right next to the noun they’re supposed to be describing.</p>
<p>Thank you chemical for your help!</p>
<p>The first question should be read, "Despite its cultural importance, the Daily Gazette HAD lost 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 and, by 1955, was losing as much as $200,000 a year.</p>
<p>It’s “had” because the fact that they lost 70% of its subscribers happened before when they were losing as much as $200000 a year.<em>note that this is different from “has or have” which is in present perfect.</em></p>
<p>You use “had” when you refer to an event that had occured before another PAST event occured.</p>
<p>Since it says “was losing as much as $200,000 a year.”, the word “Was” indicates this event already happened.</p>
<p>But, there was another event that occured even before they started to lose as much as $200000 a year, which was losing 70 percent of its subscribers.
Thus, you have to corrrect the sentence by inserting “had” before lost to indicate that the event occured before another past event.</p>
<p>Hope that makes sense!</p>
<p>Hmm, I still think the answer is “has lost” because the “since 1920” doesn’t specify an ending point that would place it definitively before 1955. If the first half of the question read something like “Daily Gazette lost 70% of its subscribers from 1920 to 1954,” then it would be “had lost,” but I’m assuming the 70% loss began in 1920 and continued until now. Either way, “lost” in the original question is definitely wrong!</p>
<p>Could you give me some advice for the writing section on the SAT?</p>
<p>it’s has lost because the “and, by 1955” clause is a seperate idea.
present perfect.</p>
<p>This question is from the PR book, and the explanation on the back says “had lost”.
If the book is wrong, then it would be “has lost”. But wouldn’t “has lost” be used if the other clause said " is losing as much as $200,000 a year" instead of “was losing as much as $200,000 a year”?</p>
<p>Had lost implies an action further completed in the past then the rest of the sentemce</p>
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<p>Well it wouldn’t be the first time the Princeton Review has erred, but then again, I’ve been wrong plenty of times before.</p>
<p>The sentence “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.” is really two seperate ideas joined by “and.” Written alternatively, the sentence could have read as follows:</p>
<p>Despite its cultural importance, the Daily Gazette has lost 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920. By 1955, it was losing as much as $200,000 a year.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t make much grammatical sense to say “the DG had lost 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 PERIOD”</p>