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<li>(1) A significant problem all across our state is garbage.
(2) Our landfills are full.</li>
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<p>Which of the following would fit most logically
between sentences 1 and 2 ?
(A) A sentence citing examples of states that have
used up available landfills
(B) A sentence citing examples of successful
alternatives to landfills
(C) A sentence citing the number of new landfills in
the state
(D) A sentence citing the number of illnesses blamed
on polluted water in the state
(E) A sentence citing the average amount of trash
disposed of annually by each person in the state</p>
<p>I put E because I narrowed it down to A and E, and A just seemed too jarring and unrelated to be correct.</p>
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<li>Now that Michiko finished the research, she feels reasonably confident|||||about writing her paper on the rise of the progressive movement in the United States.</li>
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<p>I put A, for tense error. It should be 'has finished', right?</p>
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<li>Maya Madera proudly
A
wore her sister’s
most popular invention, a watch
B
for winter campers
that flashes the temperature in
C
lighted numerals and
sends out a loud alarm when
D
pressing a button</li>
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<p>I put D. I didn't see any specific error; a gerund just felt really wrong right there.</p>
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<li>Some scholars studying
A
the writings of Emily Bront</li>
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<p>For (6) there is no reason to doubt that the candidate is “male” since “he” is used and we don’t have any information to infer that the gender may be female or unknown. The SAT typically tests for “bigger” and unambiguous errors. Here “them” needs to refer to some subject – and that subject is “promises”. In A, B, and D the antecedent of them (i.e. promises" is missing or at best implicit. In C and E promises is explicit. E is a mess. So the best choice is C.</p>
<p>For (5) note that a “:” is a specialized punctuation. Most often it is used to present a list of items that is introduced by the main clause. Less often it is used to separate and sometimes restate two related clauses.
See: [The</a> Colon](<a href=“http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/colon.htm]The”>http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/colon.htm).</p>
<p>Choice “C” is not a good example of colon use.</p>
<p>(5) is correct as written. Try reversing the two clauses. “Having to be rescued …, the students …” Perhaps that makes the choice more convincing to the ear.</p>
<p>I think (EITHER of them) refers to ( cut taxes and improve services) not promises. I agree with B.</p>
<p>For (1) the sentence that connects (1) and (2) needs to say something about the amount of garbage created by the people of the state. Your choice is best.</p>
<p>For (3) you are right. Who does the “pressing”?</p>
<p>And for (4) you are right. The preposition “between” expects objects.</p>