SAT Writing gives me headaches. Help!! on Test 3 problems BB

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<p>Pg 600</p>

<h1>4</h1>

<p>No one is sorrier than I that you....</p>

<p>Q1. Why isn't it me? How do you know if it's in the object/subject form (it's hard to see whats doing the verb and what's receiving it)? Is it something about "linking verbs"? I have no idea about this stuff, someone [silverturtle] please explain the I/Me rules when subject and object positions aren't clear. </p>

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<h1>15 Few issues of public policy are as likely to provoke widespread interest as [that] of involving possible danger to the health or safety of children.</h1>

<h2>Q2 why is that wrong, what should be there, why should it be there?</h2>

<h1>16 The young fish [were] very tiny, yet each of [them] ate many times [its] own weight in solid food every day. no error (E is correct).</h1>

<h2>Q3. What should you do when the subject can be plural or singular...... like "jeans" "fish" etc... do you have to figure out if it is singular or plural? because in that case i figured that "fish" was plural because of "each of them" = many = singular possessive "its" must be wrong. but "its" is ok. wouldn't their be the right answer!? Or are they BOTH right because the subject could be BOTH singular or plural. jeez guys give me a hand.</h2>

<h1>25 The exchange between the teacher and the student promotes learning far different from that which results [as] the student listens but does not participate.</h1>

<p>Q4 so what's the rule that makes "as" wrong? "when" sounds better... but tell me a solid reason why "as" is wrong. i'd rather not just use my ear lol.</p>

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<h1>4: The pronoun should be in the subject case for two reasons: (1) the verb “am” is implied. You would never say “me am,” and (2) “I” is being compared to the *subject *of the sentence (“no one”) so should be a subject pronoun–compare apples to apples.</h1>

<h1>15: Use “those,” not “that,” when referring to a plural noun (“issues”).</h1>

<h1>16: The subject is “each,” which is singular. Don’t be fooled by words in prepositional phrases (“of them”). For example: CORRECT: Each of the students is carrying a bag. WRONG: Each of the students are carrying bags. I suggest you cross off prepositional phrases. You might google search “prepositions” for more help.</h1>

<h1>25: This is one of those hard idiom questions. You are correct, “when” just sounds better. Luckily there are only 2 or 3 of these per section (count on that).</h1>

<p>Hope this helped.</p>

<p>Erik Klass is the author of The Ultimate SAT Tutorial</p>

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<p>Erik’s spot on.</p>