<p>Hi, I'm studying for the Writing Multiple choice section of SAT on the Blue Book and I have some questions that I couldn't understand.</p>
<p>pg. 533 question 9</p>
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<li>Legendary nineteenth-century endurance rider Frank T. Hopkins, who rode an American mustang to victory in a 3,000-mile race across the Arabian Desert, AND the hero of the Disney movie Hidalgo. </li>
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<p>(A) and
(B) and who has become
(C) also has become
(D) is
(E) having been</p>
<p>The answer I chose, D, was correct, but I struggled between C and D. Logically I thought that C also made sense, but since 'is' was the simplest I chose D. Why isn't C not the correct answer, besides being longer?</p>
<p>DETAILED explanations will be much appreciated. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Another question…</p>
<p>pg. 535, question 26</p>
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<li>Traffic was heavy, so by the time Brianne finally (arrived at) the theater, we (waited) for her for an hour, (missing) the (entire) first act of the play. (no error)</li>
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<p>The answer was B, (waited). I got this question wrong and looked up some explanations in the internet, and understood how it should be ‘had waited’ because it’s past participle. But I was wondering if the sentence would still be correct if it was ‘were waiting.’ You know how we say things like “Hey Smith, we WERE WAITING for you for an hour! Why were you so late?” Does it still work if I put “were waiting”? Thanks </p>
<p>No, “were waiting” would not be correct (the waiting has a duration that has already ended!). You have two events–Brianne arriving and people waiting for an hour. Brianne’s arriving happens second in time and is in the simple past, so the waiting must be in pp to indicate that it had happened before Brianne’s arrival.</p>
<p>I dunno man</p>
<p>Don’t worry about rules, just do what sounds right</p>
<p>Yours,</p>
<p>ckoepp127</p>
<p>For p.533 Q9
First, there is not doubt the “is” is right here
Also, “also has become” is wrong because of the word “also”. The statement “who rode … Arabian Desert” is not the main idea of the sentence, thus it cannot support the word “also”.</p>