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<li>(Like his other) cookbooks, in his new book Chef Louis offers lengthy explanations (of what)
(he considers) (to be) basic cooking principles. No error</li>
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<p>I would think it's no error. Right?</p>
<p>Paul Ecke, flower grower and hybridizer, (became) (known as) Mr. Poinsettia after developing new varieties of the flower and (by pioneering) it (as a living symbol) of Christmas. No error
I would say C to this one right?</p>
<p>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. No error
It's B. right?</p>
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<li>(To understand) twentieth-century economic practices, (we must) be sufficiently (familiar with) Keynesian theories, whether one agrees (with them) or not.
I think its no error. Right?</li>
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<p>Also, i don't have the answer key.</p>
<h1>26 - the sentence is comparing Chef Louis to his other cookbooks, not his current book to his other cookbooks, so I’d say the error is in (Like his other), so A. There’s a parallelism error. I think it should be (As in his other) or something similar.</h1>
<p>Paul Ecke - yeah, I’d say C. The “by” should be taken out.</p>
<p>Long thought of - B. (a quiet, stuffy place) should be plural to match “libraries”.</p>
<h1>29 - (we must) is not parallel with “one agrees”, so B. (we must) should be changed to (one must).</h1>
<p>By the way, this sounds like a section in a prep book that’s testing you on parallelism only. Just noting that. Anyway, good luck with your prep! (you also might want to ask your english teacher about these questions)</p>
<p>For 26, there is no illogical comparision because the sentence starts with “(Like his other) cookbooks, in his new book…” Therefore, it’s comparing Chef Louis’s new book with that of his other cookbooks, which is perfectly acceptable.</p>
<p>^ Nope. The comparison is indeed illogical.</p>
<p>Correct form: “As in his other cookbooks, in his new cookbook…” The “in” is necessary for proper logical comparison. The “As” is necessary to be grammatically correct because there is an implied subject and verb: “As Chef Louis does in his other cookbooks, in his new cookbook…” “like” cannot introduce a clause.</p>
<p>This somewhat obscure distinction is rarely observed by test-writers, and the SAT is no exception; the element being tested here is illogical comparison by way of the lack of “in.”</p>
<p>Oh ok that makes sense…thanks for clarifying that “obscure distinction”</p>
<p>No problem. The “Handbook of Good English” by Edward Johnson supports the idea: “Careless use of ‘like’ to introduce a sentence can produce false comparisons” (page 362).</p>
<p>Also, “[‘like’] should not be used to replace ‘as,’ ‘as if,’ or ‘as though.’ Essentially, this means that ‘like’ should not be used to introduce a clause” (362).</p>