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<p>This is about parallelism. We know that “in” has to be in the answer because the comparative phrase is “in poetry.”</p>
<p>If “in” goes after “either,” there has to be a different preposition before “drama,” as in:</p>
<p>“either in the mud or by the lake.”</p>
<p>Because the preposition is the same for both, we put it before “either” and do not rewrite it.</p>
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<p>“in which” and “where” can often be interchanged. Indeed, they can be here, and thus that’s not an error.</p>
<p>“have been exploring” is the present progressive perfect tense, and so “was” has to be “has been.”</p>
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<p>“of which there is one” is kind of clunky, and it colloquially leaves out the relative pronoun and the verb “is” that would render the end of the sentence a dependent adjective clause:</p>
<p>“…, of which there is one that is best for their particular interests.”</p>
<p>By 2003, more than 684,000 students in the United States had enrolled in charter schools, publicly funded schools that pledged better academic results and were unencumbered by many of the regulations governing ordinary public schools.</p>
<p>After carefully studying both of the articles, Dr. Rodriguez and Nurse Alba found that the only difference between them were their titles.</p>
<p>(a) them were their titles
(b) them were the titles
(c) the articles were the titles
(d) the articles was that of the titles
(e) the articles was their titles</p>
<p>I didn’t take this SAT but I would think it would be (e). </p>
<p>The word “them” could be read as if it were referring to Dr. Rodriguez and Nurse Alba, but since it is referring to the articles that must be specified (choices (a) and (b) are knocked out).</p>
<p>In order for the subject and verb to agree, we must consider what the subject in this case is. It happens to be “difference,” although one may be tricked by the section in between the subject and the verb (“between the articles”). Since the word “difference” is singular, the correct verb would be “was,” which knocks out choice (c).</p>
<p>That leaves it to (d) and (e), and although it’s late and I’m tired and can’t remember the rule to distinguish between the two, I’m pretty sure the answer would be (e). If someone would like to confirm this or correct me on this though, please go right ahead.</p>
<p>the answer to the first question is no error. The answer to the second is (E)</p>
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<p>Yes, that’s right. The reason that (D) is wrong: the difference isn’t the difference of the titles; the difference is the titles.</p>
<p>Any more questions, or have we covered every hard one ever written? :)</p>
<h1>22: Some of the workers who resent (A) the supervisor’s authority would probably (B) feel uncomfortable if (C) they were to acquire the independence that they demand (D) No error (E)</h1>
<p>I found someone’s explanation to this in the consolidated answers but I wasn’t satisfied.</p>
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<p>Is it no error? If so, what did you think the error was? If not, what is the error?</p>
<p>I don’t see an error.</p>
<p>o i’m sorry i forgot. i thought that the error should be at (D) and that it should be “demanded”.</p>
<p>it is no error.</p>
<p>You were probably messed up by the word “were” then. There is no part of the sentence in the past tense though. The workers have not received the independence yet, so they haven’t finished demanding it (if you know what I mean lol).</p>
<p>Can’t blame you though, as on the first read I would have agreed with your answer choice.</p>
<p>1.The practice of renaming a street Martin Luther King Boulevard has been adopted (through many cities in honoring) the civil rights leader.</p>
<p>D)by many cities to honor
E)by many cities in honoring</p>
<p>what makes D more idiomatic?</p>
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<li>During the 1980’, the income gap between the richest and the poorest Americans widened (significantly, while continuing to expand) in the 1990’s.</li>
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<p>A)significantly, while continuing to expand
B)significantly, and it continue to expand</p>
<p>answer is B. I thought that “while” could be used in some cases when there’s no simultaneity. I put A.</p>
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<li>the sentence i wrote above annoyed me so I’m going to ask this as an SAT question also.</li>
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<p>He thought that “while” could be used in some cases (when) there’s no simultaneity.
would it be “when” or “where”?</p>
<p>@fallenangel - Yes. I just read it a couple of times and now it makes sense. It is tricky though</p>
<p>Writing sections always kill me…</p>
<p>Numerous collections of<a href=“A”>/U</a> short stories inclue works by Isaac Bashevis Singer who, despite living<a href=“B”>/U</a> in the United States for more than fifty years, continued<a href=“C”>/U</a> to write<a href=“D”>/U</a> primarily in Yiddish. No error<a href=“E”>/U</a></p>
<p>The answer is E, but I don’t understand why it’s not C… Shouldn’t it be “continues” instead of “continued”?</p>
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<p>Ah, that’s a very reasonable mistake. “were” is being used as the subjunctive tense there, not the past tense.</p>
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<p>It’s not a matter of the proper idiom; it’s about meaning.</p>
<p>“to honor” is short for “in order to honor,” so the the renaming is done in order to honor MLK. </p>
<p>I can actually see a justification for (E) as the correct answer, though: in the process of looking for ways to honor MLK, cities could rename streets. This is actually closer to the original sentence’s meaning.</p>
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<p>Indeed, “while” can be used to indicate either a contrast or concurrence. In either case, it wouldn’t make sense here. The expansion took place later than the initial presence of the gap, and the ideas are not contradictory in any way, so the use of “while” for purposes of contrasting would not be appropriate. </p>
<p>Rather, the second clause compounds the idea of the first clause, so “and” works best.</p>
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<p>It would be “in which.” </p>
<p>“when” indicates that the ideas occur concurrently, which may be true in the sentence, but that’s not the meaning one would try to convey; you’re intending to convey that the simultaneity is the defining characteristic of the cases. </p>
<p>In colloquial contexts, “where” could work, but the more conceptual locator “in which” is preferable here to the physical locator “where.”</p>
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<p>If were the sentence were in the present tense, “living” would have to be “having lived.”</p>
<p>The habitat (in which) sequoia trees grow, (extends) from southern oregon to northern california, is (kept) damp year-round by (heavy) seasonal rain. cool coastal air, and fog</p>