sat improving sentences mistakes
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To help SAT takers improve their understanding of the tasksTRANSCRIPT
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Mistake nr 1Mistake nr 1Improving Sentences
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Mistake nr1Run-On sentences
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Mistake nr1Run-On sentences
• The decrease in crime can be attributed to a rise in the number of police officers. More than 500 joined the force in the last year alone.
• The decrease in crime can be attributed to a rise in the number of police officers; more than 500 joined the force in the last year alone.
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Mistake nr1Run-On sentences
• Litigation against chicken farms continues to increase year after year, farmers are now introducing organic and free-range chickens.
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Mistake nr1Run-On sentences
• Litigation against chicken farms continues to increase year after year, farmers are now introducing organic and free-range chickens.
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Mistake nr1Run-On sentences
• Because litigation against chicken farms continues to increase year after year, farmers are now introducing organic and free-range chickens.
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Mistake nr1Run-On sentences
The Humber Bridge in Britain was completed in 1981, it is the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world.
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Mistake nr1Run-On sentences
The Humber Bridge in Britain was completed in 1981, it is the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world.
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Mistake nr1Run-On sentences
The Humber Bridge in Britain was completed in 1981, and is the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world.
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Mistake nr. 2Sentence Fragments
Whereas many office managers are growing more and more dependent on facsimile machines, others resisting this latest technological breakthrough.
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Mistake nr. 2Sentence Fragments
Whereas many office managers are growing more and more dependent on facsimile machines, others are resisting this latest technological breakthrough.
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Mistake nr. 2Sentence Fragments
In the summertime, the kindergarten class that plays on the rope swing beneath the crooked oak tree.
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Mistake nr. 2Sentence Fragments
In the summertime, the kindergarten class that plays on the rope swing beneath the crooked oak tree.
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Mistake nr. 2Sentence Fragments
In the summertime, the kindergarten class plays on the rope swing beneath the crooked oak tree.
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Mistake nr. 3Misplaced modifiers
Flying for the first time, the roar of the jet engines intimidated the small child, and he grew frightened as the plane roared down the runway.
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Mistake nr. 3Misplaced modifiers
Flying for the first time, the roar of the jet engines intimidated the small child, and he grew frightened as the plane roared down the runway.
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Mistake nr. 3Misplaced modifiers
The despondent little girl found her missing doll playing in the back yard under the swing.
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Mistake nr. 3Misplaced modifiers
The despondent little girl found her missing doll playing in the back yard under the swing.
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Mistake nr. 3Misplaced modifiers
Playing in the back yard under the swing, the despondent little girl found her missing doll.
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Mistake nr 4Faulty Parallelism
• My hobbies include swimming, gardening and to read science fiction.
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Mistake nr 4Faulty Parallelism
• My hobbies include swimming, gardening and to read science fiction.
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Mistake nr 4Faulty Parallelism
• My hobbies include swimming, gardening and reading science fiction.
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Mistake nr 4Faulty Parallelism
• To run for a seat in the United States Senate, a candidate must be an adult at least 30 years of age, a citizen of the United States and is to reside in the state to be represented.
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Mistake nr 4Faulty Parallelism
• To run for a seat in the United States Senate, a candidate must be an adult at least 30 years of age, a citizen of the United States and is to reside in the state to be represented.
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Mistake nr 4Faulty Parallelism
• To run for a seat in the United States Senate, a candidate must be an adult at least 30 years of age, a citizen of the United States and is to reside in the state to be represented.
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Mistake nr 5Faulty
Coordination/Subordination
• Ben Franklin was a respected and talented statesman, and he was most famous for his discovery of electricity.
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Mistake nr 5Faulty
Coordination/Subordination
• Ben Franklin was a respected and talented statesman, and he was most famous for his discovery of electricity.
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Mistake nr 5Faulty
Coordination/Subordination
• Ben Franklin was a respected and talented statesman, but he was most famous for his discovery of electricity.