Tham khảo tài liệu 'the appointmenht sat 2', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | THE SAT WRITING SECTION The prepositional phrase of the carpenter variety may mislead you to believe that variety is the subject but subjects are never found in a prepositional phrase. All other underlined portions are correct. 3. a. The proper preposition to use after contrary is to contrary to their expectations. All other underlined portions are correct. 4. e. There is no error in this sentence. The use of the plural pronoun their agrees with its antecedent women. 5. d. This sentence lacks parallel structure. The phrase which created should have the same structure as the expansion of. Thus the sentence should read . and the creation of many new programs. Improving Sentences 6. c. The original item lacks parallel structure. The clause where the school is located is not in the same grammatical form as the other items in the series which are both nouns. Only choice c corrects the error. Choice b places the article the before only the second item in the series and choice e places the before only two items. The phrase how many teachers to every student in choice d is not parallel to the two nouns in the series. 7. d. Choice a has a misplaced modifier. It was the ceremony that was held in 1927 not President Coolidge. Choice b retains this error and adds the wordy it was. who construction. Choice c is grammatically correct but not as concise as choice d because it uses the passive voice. Choice e is a sentence fragment removing which would correct that error. 8. b. In choice a although does not express the cor- rect relationship between the two clauses. In choice b the subordinate conjunction while clearly and effectively expresses the right relationship. Choice c s use of however is correct but it is preceded by a comma instead of a semicolon creating a run-on sentence. Choice d also creates a run-on sentence and does not offer a coordinating or subordinating conjunction to express the contrast between the two clauses. Choice e repeats the error in a and adds .
