SAT writing help questions?

Test Preparation
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<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Whichever costume Charlie finally decides on for the masquerade will probably be determined as much by comfort as by style.
a whichever
b decides on
c be determined
d as much by
e no error</p>

<p>For many years, Mickey Mouse had been a favorite cartoon of children all over the world.
A many
B had been
C of children
D over
E no error</p>

<p>Margaret's aunt told her that knowing mathematical concepts is essential for living a productive life.
A Margaret's aunt
B her
C is
D productive life
E no error</p>

<p>Archaeological research require fieldwork where they can search for artifacts and clues that can place the cultural resources in a time context.
A fieldwork where they
B fieldwork through which they
C fieldwork and the archaeologist
D fieldwork, during which the archaeologist
E fieldwork, which they</p>

<p>If you can forgive me going to the county fair alone, I will share the crafts I purchased there with you.
A as is
B If you can forgive my going to the county fair alone, I will share with you the crafts I purchased there.
C With you I will share the crafts I had purchased at the county fair if you can forgive the fact that I went alone.
D I went alone to the county fair and purchased crafts there; I will share these with you if you can forgive me going alone.
E Going to the county fair alone as I did, forgive me, and I will share these crafts with you that I purchased there.</p>

<p>Although the statistical analysis is not yet complete, company officials are confidently predicting record sales.
A although
B is not yet
C are
D confidently
E no error</p>

<p>Because the child had to be coaxed into singing once he started, no one was able to stop him.
A Because
B had to be
C once he started
D was
E no error</p>

<p>Although Henry knew that it was wrong to eat cookies before dinner, the fresh made batch smelled so good that he couldn't resist.
A knew
B it was wrong
C fresh made
D he couldn't resist
E no error</p>

<p>If "due to the fact" is in the question is it always wrong?</p>

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<p>Can someone help me on mainly the second to last one?</p>

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<p>and fourth one</p>

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<p>You know you should really put what part of the sentence is being change in parenthesis or underlines.</p>

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<p>What is the source of these questions?</p>

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<p>For the fourth one, the choices that use “they” are incorrect, since the pronoun is ambiguous. Presumably it refers to archaeologists, but they are not mentioned in the sentence. So it’s either C or D. C, with its use of “and” is wrong, leaving D.</p>

<p>The second to last (Because the child …) seems to have a typo. Is there a comma after “singing”? Can you re-post the question in the correct SAT/ACT format. </p>

<p>Most likely C “once he started” is what’s wrong. If you drop this clause the sentence is grammatically correct, although it still doesn’t read all that well. The “Because” at the start of the sentence is okay, even though some people may think that a subordinate clause can’t start this way, and the verb tenses are correct – past perfect and past.</p>

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<p>I have a hard time believing these are College Board questions. They seem more like questions from a poorly prepared study guide. There is more than one error in some of the questions. Consider #4. First error is S-V agreement…‘research requires’…not ‘require’. Error #2 is pronoun reference…‘they’ logically refers to archeologists, but the syntactical referent is ‘research’.</p>

<p>In the singing child question, the sentence needs two revisions. ‘Because’ is logically wrong. ‘Although’ suggests the proper logical relationship. Also the ‘once he started’ adverbial clause requires another comma. </p>

<p>I’m with fogcity. Did you make typos while preparing this post?</p>

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<p>srry for the confusion I believe I made some typos</p>

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<p>Here is the second to last one again. </p>

<p>Because the child had to be coaxed into singing, once he started, no one was able to stop him.</p>

<p>A Because
B had to be
C once he started
D was
E No error</p>

<p>I think the answer for this one is A in favor of the word although instead of because.</p>