SAT Online Writing Question

Test Preparation
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<p>I thought for the identifying sentence error questions you cannot choose a letter just because you want to delete the word(s) the letter refers to. Are you allowed to choose a letter because you want to delete the word(s)?</p>

<p>On the Online Course, this problem says the answer is B because the word annually is redundant and should be deleted:</p>

<p>Each year the television industry takes in billions of dollars in (advertising) revenue (annually) based on ratings information, (but) it can owe advertisers tens of millions of dollars in free commercials (when) ratings fall short of expectations. (No error)</p>

<p>Grammatix even mentions that you cannot delete a selection. I also remember reading this rule in another book. </p>

<p>Is this just a bad question and explanation from CB? </p>

<p>I chose answer E since I thought you can't delete anything.</p>

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<p>Apparently you CAN delete something if it is redundant. Since it was CB that gave this explanation, you can trust it. I was also surprised when I came upon this explanation though.</p>

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<p>no, that't not right
maybe CB was saying that since it was redundant you should insert another word.
deleting words in identifying errors does not exist</p>

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<p>Well, I thought you can't insert another word just because it sounds better than the word already there (except for idioms)? Isn't that considered style? The identifying sentence error questions do not test style but I see what you're saying. "Annually" isn't an idiom so...I think this is just a bad question.</p>

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<p>wait...
are redundancy and world confusion (imminent v. emminent) tested on the SAT?</p>

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<p>Yes. That example proves it tests redundancy, and I have seen many other redundancy problems (but only in the sentence corrections). I also recall seeing a problem with the word "indecisive" in place of indeterminate or a similar word describing a jail sentence.</p>

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<p>The sentence says "each year" so annually is completely redundant. I don't see how that's a bad question.</p>

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<p>I said its bad because I've never seen an identifying sentence error question where the answer is to delete the word/words. All the review books I've read say that deleting isn't an option either.</p>

<p>But I guess since its from CB, it HAS to be right...so that means you can delete answers.</p>

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<p>Yea, i've seen this type of questions in the blue book. It's proven. Go with the flow of the testmakers. They are always right.. yea right..</p>