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<p>Hello fellow CC-ers. I would love to help you in the writing section :) Scored an 800 in January. Ask away!</p>

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<p>So… does this mean every time I can’t understand why I got a question wrong, or the question doesn’t have an answer key, I can ask you?</p>

<p>I am going to go ahead with that:</p>

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<li>In just a couple of years, low-carbohydrate diets have accomplished what the government has failed to do in decades of trying: it has convinced the public of refined grains, that they are bad and whole grains are good.
(A) it has convinced the public of refined grains, that they
(B) convincing the public about refined grains, which
(C) convince the public that refined grains
(D) convinces the public of refined grains, they
(E) convincing the public that refined grains</li>
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<p>I thought it was (E) but it’s (C)</p>

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<li>Because it lacks water, this makes the are known as Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid of life.
(A) Because it lacks water, this
(B) They lack water, which
(C) Water, the lack of which
(D) Lacking water, it
(E) Lack of water</li>
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<p>Right answer (E) but i put (D)</p>

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<p>^ 10. The way I read the problem was… " the government has failed to convince the public…" NOT " the government has failed to convincing the public…"</p>

<p>I think you misspelled number 11.</p>

<p>I have some Grammar Rules Problems:
-What is the difference between “among and amongst”?
-What are the coordinating conjunctions that appear on the SAT?</p>

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<p>@JJ</p>

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<p>to the dude who asked:

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<p>You said you put down “D”, making the sentence “Lacking water, it makes the area known as Death Valley a desert, but it is by no means devoid of life.”</p>

<p>First of all, we have no idea what “it” is referring to. So right away this options wrong. Second of all, in this sentence, the subject is going to be the lack of water. We don’t need to know the exact wording just yet, but from the looks of it the subject should be something along the lines of “Lack of water”.</p>

<p>The correct answer would then be E because it has the correct subject and no pronoun ambiguity.</p>

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<li><p>When you are stuck with two answers as close as this, the best option is to choose the SHORTER sentence because shorter means more succinct. In SAT, they are looking for you to spot short, succinct sentences that make sense and in this case BOTH make sense but only One is shorter and more succinct. Do not only choose the shortest option in your writing section though. Although, this goes for a large percentage in writing sections, the SAT people are trying to make you think so they will often make things different so be wary of using this technique. </p></li>
<li><p>Same thing applies to this problem only that choice D is awkward whereas choice E is not. Not only that choice E make the sentence flow best in the shortest, most succinct way possible that still is able to maintain the idea of the sentence.</p></li>
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