Ignorance is not equivalent to stupidity, for ignorance can be corrected while stupidity can't.

for ignorance can be corrected while stupidity can't.

Having command of pathos,tragedy,as well as humor, Eliot is considered to be a great novelist.

Because of her command of pathos, tragedy, and humor

Lacking instruction,my mistakes in creating a graph to illustrate trends were numerous.

I made numer. mistakes creating a graph to illustrate trends

Underestimating its value, breakfast is a meal many people skip.

Many people skip breakfast bec they underestimate its value.

It's a myth that math folks are so absorbed w/abstractions & thus have no practical interests.

so absorbed in abstractions that they

Gordon Parks is almost as skillful a writer as he is a director.

almost as skillful a writer as he is a director.

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SAT Identifying Sent. Errors Practice 1

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SAT Improving Sentences Practice (questions taken from College Board's 2nd edition The Official SAT Study Guide)

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He arranged the gems on the counter, the sales assistanct proceeded to tell us about the stone.
The gems were first arranged
He arranged the gems
The gems, which were arranged
After arranging the gems
2
Ignorance is not equivalent to stupidity, for ignorance can be corrected while stupidity can't.
because it can be corrected and the other can't
because of its correctible nature
for ignorance can be corrected while stupidity can't.
because the two differ regarding correctibility
3
Having command of pathos,tragedy,as well as humor, Eliot is considered to be a great novelist.
Having command of pathos, tragedy, as well as humor
Having command of pathos, tragedy, and her humorous side
By being in command of both pathos, tragedy, and also humor
Because of her command of pathos, tragedy, and humor
4
The convenience and availablity of watercolor paint account for its popularity with artists.
account for their popularity
are a reason for its popularity
account for its popularity
accounts for its popularity
5
In a recent year, more tourists from the U.S. visited museums in Great Britain than Canada.
Canada
Canada did
in Canada
compared to Canada's
6
Lacking instruction,my mistakes in creating a graph to illustrate trends were numerous.
I made numer. mistakes creating a graph to illustrate trends
the graphs I mad for illustrating trends had numer. mistakes
No error
I created a graph to illust.trends w/numerous mistakes
7
Underestimating its value, breakfast is a meal many people skip.
Underestimating its value, bfast is a meal many people skip.
Bfast is skipped by ppl bec of underestimating its value.
Many people skip breakfast bec they underestimate its value.
Many ppl, underestimating the value of bfast,& skipping it.
8
Alice Walker, one of American's best-known writers, she has published both poetry and prose.
writers, she has published
writers, has published
writers when she published
writers, and publishing
9
It's a myth that math folks are so absorbed w/abstractions & thus have no practical interests.
absorbed in so much abstraction that they
too abstract, so they
so absorbed in abstractions that they
so absorbed w/abstractions & thus
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Gordon Parks is almost as skillful a writer as he is a director.
a skillful director, with almost as much skill in writing
almost equally skilled, whether a writer or a director
of the same skill as a writer and as a director, almost
almost as skillful a writer as he is a director.

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