SAT Digital Reading and Writing Test quick start guide: Difference between revisions

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** which requires other punctuation or grammatical form (such as coordinating conjunctions)
** which requires other punctuation or grammatical form (such as coordinating conjunctions)


ex.:  
examples:  
{|
{| class="wikitable"
|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, however, he knows they are bad for him.''  
| colspan="2" |'''''I love Oreos, however, I know they are bad for me.'''''
|  
| ✘ wrong
|-
|-
| "however" is a conjunctive adverb, so it does not combine the two Independent Clauses (IC)
| <center>IC
|&amp;#10003;
|<center>IC
| 'however' (a conjunctive adverb) incorrectly conjoins the ICs
|-
|-
|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, but he knows they are bad for him.''
| colspan="2" |'''''I love to eat Oreos, but I know they are bad for me.'''''
|P
| &#10003; correct
|-
|-
|''Michael loves to eat Oreos; however, he knows they are bad for him.''
|<center>IC
|
|<center>IC
|'but' (a coordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the ICs
|-
|-
|''Michael loves to eat Oreos, even though he knows they are bad for him.''
| colspan="2" |''I love to eat Oreos; but I know they are bad for me.''
|
|&#10003; correct
|-
|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|the semicolon correctly conjoins the ICs
|-
| colspan="2" |''I love to eat Oreos, even though I know they are bad for me.''
|&#10003; correct
|-
|<center>IC
|<center>DC
|'though' (a subordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the IC to the DC
|}
|}


= Transition Word quick start guide =
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