Sat Writing: Most common mistakes

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<p>Hey guys, I thought I would make a thread that could help all sat takers. Basically, can anyone list some of the most common grammar mistakes that are often found in the SAT Writing section, whether it is on sentence correction or sentence error finder. Provide examples if you can</p>

<p>Ill start:</p>

<p>Faulty comparisons (In my opinion, the most commonly utilized one) - Ex. In the United states, the industrial use of plastics is greater than steel. Should be, "greater than the industrial use of steel"</p>

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<p>Hm, that would fall under parallelism, correct? That is something I only recently learned. Go figure- you can tell how great my English teachers were!
I’m hoping to raise my Writing ~100 points (got a 610) in a little over two months. Possible?</p>

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<p>I can’t quite wrap my head around WHY D is correct. Can anyone explain?</p>

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<p>the correct idiom is consistent “with” so choice D would be the correct, or in this case problem with the sentence</p>

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<p>Here’s what I teach my students to look for - in order of most-frequent errors:

  1. subject-verb agreement (and fragments and run-ons)
  2. pronoun issues (single/plural agreement; wrong pronoun form (eg - me instead of I); ambiguous pronouns)
  3. balance (parallelism, comparisons)
  4. other (wordy, idioms, wrong conjunctions, illogical comparisons)</p>
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<p>Thank you!!</p>