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<li><p>The comma and conjunction mandates that the clause after the comma must be an independent sentence. If you take out the I, the “and saw the manager” is a fragment and thus the comma is no longer needed. In order to make a complete sentence, [you already have the verb-saw] you need a subject, which in this case would be I.</p></li>
<li><p>There is no comma there because the clause after the conjunction is dependent (meaning it needs the previous clause to be grammatically correct). </p></li>
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<p>Think of it as this. The comma PLUS conjunction is like the folding line on a paper. The folding line is often used to rip the paper equally in half. So the comma plus conjunction means that the two clauses can be separated in half equally, meaning that they are both independent and can stand alone as their own sentences.</p>
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<li>I went Elite SAT academy and the writing teacher gave me a packet that has the 35 most common errors in SAT. Once I memorized these 35, the Writing section became a breeze for me. Here are the most popular: an example</li>
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<p>A. Subject-verb agreement: “Katy and Michelle, the co-captains of the high school’s golf team, IS going to the award reception tonight.” [The number of subjects does not agree with the singularity of the verg]</p>
<p>B. Ambiguous Pronoun: I can’t think of an example off the top of my head but basically this error means that whenever you see a pronoun (it, they, he, she, me, I, etc), you must find the subject or the person/people the pronoun is referring to. A pronoun is an antecedent, meaning it takes the place of the name of a person just to make things easier. So isntead of staying “Rob went to the market. Rob bought fruits and vegetables,” it can be “Rob went to the market. HE bought fruits and vegetables.” Because there is the subject [Rob] you know to whom the pronoun [He] is referring to. However, if “Rob went to the market” was deleted, you have no idea who “He” is so this is a case of ambiguous pronoun.</p>
<p>C. Unbalanced Comparison: (This is not the real name cuz I forgot but it fits) “Queen Elizabeth’s reign became known to be the greatest period of time in Great Britain’s history, lasting longer than any other British monarch.” This is a very subtle error so you need to look closely. At first, it seems correct. But think about what the sentence is comparing. Right now, the sentence is comparing Queen Elizabeth’s reign, to a British monarch. This doesn’t make sense because you can’t compare different things, thus the comparison is unbalanced. To make it correct, it should be “Queen Elizabeth’s reign became known… lasting longer than [THAT of any other British monarch] or [any other reign of a British monarch].” THAT OF implies the reign of a British monarch so it will balance the comparison.</p>
<p>D. Adverb/Adjective Misuse: The doctor checked his patient professionally and calm." Calm should be calmly because the word is describing HOW the doctor his patient, making it an adverb. </p>
<p>E. Pronoun misuse: William is going to the party. They will come back at 12." The pronoun does not agree with the subject, making it misused. They should be He if They is underlined. If William is underlined, and not They, then William must be something like William and Harry… something to make the number of subjects agree with the pronoun.</p>
<p>F. Parallelism: Roy is walking, eating, and going to sleep (this doesn’t make any sense but it was the first thing I came up with). This is an obvious mistake. It should be either “Roy is walking, eating, and sleeping” or “Roy is going to walk, going to eat, and going to sleep” which makes more sense.</p>
<p>That’s all I can remember from now on. It looks really simple now and that’s because you learned all this in English classes all the way back from Elementary school. THE SAT only makes it confusing by adding huge phrases in between the correct and wrong answers in order to steer you off track. So be wary of such tricks.</p>
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<li><p>Are you sure that is correct? When you have correlative conjunctions (both/and, neither/nor, either/or), the object of these conjunctions must be parallel. It should be “Bob likes both to eat and to walk.” Or “Bob likes to both eat and walk.” Do you see the picture? “Bob both likes to eat and to walk” is unparallel because “to walk” doesn’t have “likes” before it as does “likes to eat.” This is wrong. </p></li>
<li><p>If 2 out of the 3 verbs/gerunds are parallel, then the 3rd one is wrong. If you are given only 2, then that means it’s in the writing paragraph corrections (Numbers 12-29 on Section 3 usually). If one of the two verbs/gerunds is underlined, and it doesn’t match with the other one, which is not underlined, then the one that is underlined is wrong. Fairly simple to know, you should catch it when you actually see it on a test.</p></li>
<li><p>When you have the conjunction [AND], you know it’s the total, which means its plural. If it said “I read the first, second, or third” (which doesn’t make any sense but just to show) then it should be “book.” Also, this is unparallel, the “the” in the last item makes the sentence unbalanced, so it needs to be taken off otherwise it will be grammatically incorrect. It also depends on the context. I really need to see the context in order to be postively sure about this but that is what I got from that one sentence.</p></li>
<li><p>No, it wouldn’t be wrong. You’re only adding an adverb to the last phrase. However, I don’t know why it’s the “correct version” when this is also unbalanced. It should be “…Tran has wit, charm, and personality.” Or it can be “… Tran has a resolute wit, an amusing charm, and a pleasing personality.” Once again, balance is necessary to make a sentence grammatically correct. Where are you getting these answers?</p></li>
<li><p>Just what I said for number 7. The “a” is not the only important thing about the sentence. Its the adjectives that described each thing. You can add “a” but it will still make the sentence not parallel because it’s missing an adjective. The addition of “wise” makes the sentence parallel so yes, it would be correct.</p></li>
<li><p>It is grammatically correct, but it is awkward. SAT writing section will have grammatically correct choices, but many of them will be awkward. When you see an awkward choice, take it out if you know there’s a better, more concise sentence.</p></li>
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