SAT Writing section techniques, strategies & approaches: Difference between revisions

(→‎appositive: nouns as parenthetical or introductory phrases: straightening out difference between attributive and appositive nouns)
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|A) ||'''Burland'''|| '''advocated'''|| '''using'''|| '''soil'''|| '''extraction'''
|A) ||'''Burland'''|| '''advocated'''|| '''using'''|| '''soil'''|| '''extraction'''
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|part of speech: || subject (noun)|| verb || direct object (gerund) || appositive noun (adjective)|| indirect object
|part of speech: || subject (noun)|| verb || direct object (gerund) || attributive noun (adjective)|| indirect object
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|B) ||'''Burland'''|| '''advocated'''|| '''to use '''|| '''soil'''|| '''extraction'''
|B) ||'''Burland'''|| '''advocated'''|| '''to use '''|| '''soil'''|| '''extraction'''
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|part of speech: || subject (noun)|| verb || indirect object (infinitive) || appositive noun (adjective)|| indirect object
|part of speech: || subject (noun)|| verb || indirect object (infinitive) || attributive noun (adjective)|| indirect object
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|C) ||'''Burland'''|| '''advocated'''|| '''the using'''|| '''of soil'''|| '''extraction'''
|C) ||'''Burland'''|| '''advocated'''|| '''the using'''|| '''of soil'''|| '''extraction'''
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|D) ||'''Burland'''|| '''advocating'''|| '''to use'''|| '''soil'''|| '''extraction'''
|D) ||'''Burland'''|| '''advocating'''|| '''to use'''|| '''soil'''|| '''extraction'''
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|part of speech: || subject (noun)|| gerund or past progressive missing "was"|| indirect object (infinitive) || appositive noun (adjective)|| indirect object
|part of speech: || subject (noun)|| gerund or past progressive missing "was"|| indirect object (infinitive) || attributive noun (adjective)|| indirect object
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* D) incorrectly uses the verb "advocating" without the auxiliary verb "was"; otherwise it incorrectly does not create a complete independent clause
* D) incorrectly uses the verb "advocating" without the auxiliary verb "was"; otherwise it incorrectly does not create a complete independent clause
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=== Modifiers usage ===
=== Modifiers usage ===
* modifiers = words or phrases that change the meaning of other words or phrases
* modifiers = words or phrases that change the meaning of other words or phrases