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Lesson 3: Writing: Grammar- Writing: Setting Up Ideas — Video Lesson
- Setting up ideas | Quick guide
- Writing: Strong Support — Video lesson
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- Writing: Relevant Information — Video lesson
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- Writing: Sequencing sentences — Video lesson
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- Writing: Transition Words — Video lesson
- Transition words and phrases | Quick guide
- Writing: Transition Sentences — Video Lesson
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- Writing: Introductions — Video lesson
- Writing: Conclusions — Video lesson
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- Writing: Interpreting Graphs and Data — Video lesson
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- Writing: Precision — Video Lesson
- Precise word choice | Quick guide
- Writing: Concision — Video lesson
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- Writing: Formal and Informal Language — Video Lesson
- Writing: Formal vs. casual language — Example
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- Writing: Syntax — Example
- Writing: Sentence Fragments — Video Lesson
- Writing: Sentence Boundaries — Example 1
- Writing: Sentence boundaries — Example 2
- Sentence fragments | Quick guide
- Writing: Subordination and coordination — Example
- Writing: Combining Sentences — Video Lesson
- Linking clauses | Quick guide
- Writing: Parallel Structure — Video lesson
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- Writing: Modifier Placement — Video Lesson
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- Writing: Verb Tense and Mood — Video Lesson
- Writing: Shift in verb tense and mood — Example
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- Writing: Pronoun Clarity — Video Lesson
- Writing: Pronoun clarity — Example
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- Writing: Pronoun Agreement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Pronoun-antecedent agreement — Example
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- Writing: Possessive determiners — Example 1
- Writing: Possessive determiners — Example 2
- Writing: It’s/Its Confusion — Video Lesson
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- Writing: Subject-Verb Agreement — Video Lesson
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- Writing: Noun Agreement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Noun agreement — Basic example
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- Writing: Frequently Confused Words — Video Lesson
- Writing: Frequently confused words — Example
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- Writing: Conventional Expressions — Video Lesson
- Writing: Conventional expression — Example
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- Writing: Logical Comparison — Video Lesson
- Writing: Logical comparison — Example
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- Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 1
- Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 2
- Writing: Commas — Video Lesson
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- Writing: Semicolons — Video Lesson
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- Writing: Colons — Video lesson
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- Writing: Possessive Pronouns — Example
- Writing: Possessive Nouns — Video Lesson
- Making nouns possessive | Quick guide
- Writing: Items in a series — Example
- Writing: Punctuating Lists — Video Lesson
- Lists and punctuation | Quick guide
- Writing: Nonrestrictive and parenthetical elements — Example
- Writing: Nonessential Elements — Video Lesson
- Nonessential elements | Quick guide
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- I did so good i get them all right(23 votes)
- I think you meant got*(14 votes)
- If the question asked is:
"The dog quickly ran speedily into the house."
Then why can't the answer be: "The dog ran into the house,"
rather than "The dog ran speedily into the house." or "The dog quickly ran into the house."
Are the adverbs really necessary in the sentence to be concise?(3 votes)- No, the adverbs do not make the sentence any more concise, but they are part of the sentence, leaving them out could result in some information lost. I think if this was on a test, then the answer could be ran into the house, because they are just testing your ability to concisely sum up information by combining sentences. I think this example is too objective to be on a test, though.(19 votes)
- What is difference between SAT and LCAT (LUMS Common Admission Test)? I mean,to what extent do they differ?(4 votes)
- Same pattern difference in difficulty level and........(1 vote)
- So maybe I'm being a bit nitpicky, but in the example under tips and strategies: "After having waited for six weeks of time, Jacintha received her passport in the mail.", for which the answer given is: "After six weeks, Jacintha received her passport in the mail.", why is the following sentence not correct? "After waiting for six weeks, Jacintha received her passport in the mail."
The question shows us an action of waiting, and though the answer implicitly states the same, it doesn't stress on the fact that she 'waited'. Doesn't that essentially change the sentence?
Also, I may be wrong, aren't the sentences in the question and answer in different tenses? Does that affect the "correctness of the sentence"?(1 vote)- "After waiting for six weeks" is also grammatically correct, but it's not as short/concise as "after six weeks". If they were both multiple choice options, I don't know which the College Board would prefer, as your suggestion indeed retains the emphasized "waiting", but it's also longer.
I think this "shorter is usually better" idea is most applicable when you've already narrowed down the choices a bit. If the question had two grammatically incorrect answer choices, it'd be better to choose the shorter one of the remaining two.
Also, both sentences are in the same tense. You determine tense based off the verb ("received" in both sentences), not the add-ons. If you're talking about "after waiting for six weeks", that phrase (which in neither case includes the sentence's main verb) is in a different tense from "after having waited".(4 votes)
- If the question asked is:
"The dog quickly ran speedily into the house."
Then why can't the answer be: "The dog ran into the house,"
rather than "The dog ran speedily into the house." or "The dog quickly ran into the house."
Are the adverbs really necessary in the sentence to be concise?(1 vote) - lol was confused forgot yankee was a baseball team shouldnt it be Yankees with an "s'' tho?(1 vote)
- lol was confused forgot yankee was a baseball team shouldnt it be Yankees with an "s'' tho?(0 votes)
- If you're referring to the whole team, it would be the Yankees. Since "Yankees" is plural, it's become common practice to refer to one member of the Yankees as a Yankee (although this isn't standard across all sports teams or anything, just a convention that somehow came about). "Yankee" is better to use as an adjective.(0 votes)