Grammar for high school admissions tests: Difference between revisions

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** <u>remove</u> "Joey"
** <u>remove</u> "Joey"
*** ''She gave I a bad grade'' = incorrect
*** ''She gave I a bad grade'' = incorrect
* <u>common wrong pronoun answers include:</u>
** Us kids are going  << should be "We kids are going"
*** <u>to test</u>:  remove "kids" and you have "Us are going" = incorrect
**** thus, "We are going" works


=== personal pronouns and prepositions ===
=== personal pronouns and prepositions ===
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|''Stop reading '''for''' the chapter's end''
|''Stop reading '''for''' the chapter's end''
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== homophones ==
== homophones ==
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** ''The clerk refunded '''back''' the money''  << refund = to give back, so "back" is redundant
** ''The clerk refunded '''back''' the money''  << refund = to give back, so "back" is redundant
** ''In addition, we '''also''' saw the zebras.''  << in addition = also, so "also" is redundant
** ''In addition, we '''also''' saw the zebras.''  << in addition = also, so "also" is redundant
**
 
* '''''all & us'''''
* <u>note</u>: college admissions tests will also test for redundancy, such as:
** "all" is already included in "us," so it is redundant
* note: college admissions tests will also test for redundancy, such as:
** ''Runoff water storage also increases savings on water costs.''  << where "savings" and "costs" are rendundant
** ''Runoff water storage also increases savings on water costs.''  << where "savings" and "costs" are rendundant
* us =
** >> us all << incorrect


== Misc concepts, skills & words ==
== Misc concepts, skills & words ==