<p>I thought this question was a bit awkward:</p>
<p>Something of a phenomenon in the entertainment world, political satirists are admired by conservatives and radicals alike.</p>
<p>The answer was No Error, but I thought the "Something of" was a wrong phrase.</p>
<p>Nope, just an idiomatic expression.</p>
<p>It is awkward... It's missing the subject... I doubt a question like that would exist on the real SAT; you probably got that from a prep book like PR or Kaplan or something</p>
<p>It's not awkward, and if I remember correctly, that problem's from the BlueBook.</p>
<p>like shadow said, it's idiomatic.</p>
<p>well...if you analyze the structure of the sentence, you will find out that "something of...world" is an appositive clause that modifies the main body of the sentence
and according to the American Heritage Dictionary, "something of" here means "to some extent"</p>
<p>This was CB's "SAT question of the day" a while ago.</p>
<p>Yes, this is definitely an odd question. I thought it was a PSAT question? Anyway, "something of" does sound awkward....but remember that there aren't that many idom errors on the SAT. So if your feeling 50/50 about an idiom, it's probably okay.</p>
<p>BTW....why isn't it a modifier error? "Political satirists" wouldn't be "a phenomenon" would they?</p>
<p>the satirists are the phenomenom</p>