Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat writing essentials part 4', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Now What But what if you can t identify the error Here are three strategies 1. Let the choices guide you. Scan each version to see what aspect of the original sentence is changed and how. The way the original is rewritten will often reveal the nature of the error in the original prompt. 2. Look for the most commonly tested errors. There are seven kinds of mistakes that pop up most often in Improving Sentences questions. If you are having trouble finding an error do a quick check for the common errors described in this section. 3. Guess or move on. If you can eliminate at least one choice as obviously wrong guess. If not skip the question and move on. Strategies for Improving Sentences Locate the error. Try to determine the error as you read the sentence. What s wrong with the underlined portion Is it a run-on sentence does it have faulty parallelism or does it have unnecessary wordiness If you determine there is no error remember approximately 20 of the questions will be error-free select choice a and move on to the next question. Eliminate all choices with the original error. If you identify an error eliminate choice a don t even bother reading it it only repeats the original prompt . Then eliminate any other choices that make that same mistake. Eliminate all choices that make other errors. From the remaining choices eliminate any versions that make a different error even if they correct the error in the prompt. This includes any versions that are grammatically correct but are unnecessarily wordy ambiguous or use unnecessarily complicated sentence structure. Find the best sentence using the 3C s. From the choices that remain select the one that is correct no grammar or usage errors or lapses in logic clear no ambiguity or tangled sentence structure and concise no unnecessary wordiness . 42 THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE SECTION Practice Improving Sentences Questions Directions In each of the sentences that follow part or all of the sentence is underlined. The underlined text
