!!!!! SAT WRITING QUESTIONS !!!!!!! need a help

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<li>(Although people have become much better informed) about the possible dangers of exposure to ultraviolet radiation in tanning beds, use of the beds has decline very little during the past five years.
A- Although people have become much better informed
B- Despite people have much better information</li>
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<p>The answer is A, but is B wrong because “despite” is a preposition and “Although” is a conjunction?
So B is a comma splice??? I’m confused please explain this!!!</p>

<ol>
<li>(What was) most apparent at the food science convention (was) the industry’s continuing (emphasizing on) health-promoting (ingredients). (No error)</li>
</ol>

<p>The answer is (emphasizing on) and can you explain why is wrong?? Should it change to “emphasis”? </p>

<ol>
<li>A rapid transit system, (though often costly), can be a practical solution to growing urban traffic congestion.
A- though often costly
B- although it often has a lot of cost</li>
</ol>

<p>The answer is A, but why B is wrong?? Because it is wordy??</p>

<ol>
<li>(Agreeing upon it beforehand), the new municipal budget passed with little opposition when it was put before the city council.
A- Agreeing upon it beforehand
B- They agreed upon it beforehand, therefore
C- Having been agreed upon beforehand,</li>
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<p>The answer is C, A is wrong because it is dangling modifier,,, and B is wrong because “they” is vague pronoun???</p>

<ol>
<li>Running outdoors burns about five percent more calories than (if you are running on a treadmill, in part this is because there is) greater wind resistance outdoors.
A- if you are running on a treadmill, in part this is because there is
B- running on a treadmill, which is in part because of the
C- running on a treadmill, in part because there is</li>
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<p>The answer is C,, but I picked B,,,, Can you explain why D is wrong??? </p>

<p>I used to get 700+ in every practice test, but suddenly a week ago I started get 580~650,, (12-8 wrongs).. What is happening to me!!! Is it ordinary for people to get those scores when they used to get 750+????
As you can see those questions, the difficulty levels are 1 ~3,,,, I got almost all correct answers in difficulty level 4 and 5 (hard question). Give me some advice,,,,,,</p>

<p>Thanks for reading this thread and all your help!!!</p>

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<p>For of all, I am not an expert in explaining WR questions. But at the first glance, I made all the correct answers. so there are some explanations that might help you. Plz ignore them if they don’t make sense to you.

  1. usually we say “despite that” or “despite the fact that” ,there should be a noun after “despite”
  2. You are right, should be “emphasis”, cuz “emphasize” is a vt. We usually say emphasize sth, but not emphasize on sth.
  3. B is wrong partly because it is wordy, and “has a lot of cost” is not better than a simple “costly”. I still have some doubts about whether it is grammatically wrong to choose B though.
  4. You own explanation is totally right.
  5. B is wrong because in SATs, we cannot use “which” to point to a whole sentence (though always used in everyday life)</p>
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<p>Thank you
@ DarkFlameMaster</p>

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<p>But i think, I saw some sentence contains “emphasis on sth”,
E.g - It places an emphasis on regulations and guidance that will accompany it
I don’t know,
So question2 should change to emphasis on or emphasis???</p>

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<p>on 10char</p>

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<p>@bushbunnie1
Yes, we can use “emphasis on” but not “emphasize on” because “emphasize” is a vt.(verb transitive). There is no such restriction on its noun “emphasis”</p>

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<p>Okay, so the first one:</p>

<p>Despite is improperly used- “despite the fact that” works with the tense, or else it needs to be “Despite having”</p>

<h1>2 - Emphasis is correct. Emphasizing on is the incorrect idiom and I honestly don’t know if it actually exists.</h1>

<h1>3 B is wordy.</h1>

<h1>4 Yep, a is a dangling modifier, b- who is they? there’s no antecedent so c is correct</h1>

<h1>5 B is again the more wordy choice. You usually want to be as concise as possible.</h1>

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<ol>
<li>No one (but) a fool would (readily) lend money to a person who (is known) (to be) a frequent gambler. (No error).</li>
</ol>

<p>-the answer is (No error)</p>

<ol>
<li>John Edgar Wideman is regarded (to be) (one of) the most talented writers of the late twentieth century and is often (compared to) such literary giants (as) Ralph Ellison and Richard Wright. (No error)</li>
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<ul>
<li>The answer is (to be) it should change to (as)</li>
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<p>Can you guys explain about when to use “to be” and “as”?? The difference between those words!!!
PLZZZ thanks</p>

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<p>Could anyone tell me why “Agreeing upon it beforehand” is a dangling modifier?
Because the first word should not be gerund?</p>

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<p>The new municipal budget can hardly agree on something beforehand, can it now? ;)</p>