Writing Question ( I know its last minute =X)

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<p>Hey Collegeboard, I took my last practice SAT today before I'm going to take it tommorow. I was wondering if you could clarify what was wrong with these Writing Problems.</p>

<p>1) In swimming as to soccer, Evangelina proved time after time to be an abler competitor than Juanita. </p>

<p>Is as to supposed to changed to "as well as". I picked abler cuz it sounded awkward. But i did notice the awkward phrasing in the modifier. I hope we dont have any of these tommorow. </p>

<p>2) Like his other cookbooks, in his new book Chef Louis offers lengthy explanations of what he considers to be basic cooking principles.</p>

<p>3) Long thought of as a quiet, stuffy place where people just borrowed books, libraries have been changing their images dramatically over the last few years. (Are you just not allowed to put a comma between the adjectives?)</p>

<p>On a side note can someone clarify when "consequently" can be appropriately used? I also want to know when to use "have been" and "has been"? Thankyou for your expertise collegeboard :P. Sorry I'm not very good at writing.</p>

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<li>"as to" would be comparing, and you are not comparing swimming to soccer.</li>
<li>No, you can use a comma between adjs. IE: "His modest, self-conscious appearance..."</li>
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<p>I have been doing that.
She has been doing that.</p>

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<li>You are comparing "his other cookbooks" to "Chef Louis". Invalid comparison</li>
<li>plurality. "a quiet, stuffy place" is singular, while "libraries" is plural</li>
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<p>regarding "have been" vs. "has been" read this: SparkNotes:</a> Writing Multiple-Choice Questions: Verb Tense
They explain it better than i ever could.</p>