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

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{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="2" |'''''I love Oreos, however, I know they are bad for me.'''''
| colspan="3" |'''''I love Oreos, however, I know they are bad for me.'''''
| ✘ wrong
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| <center>IC
| <center>IC
|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|
|&#10008; wrong
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| colspan="3" |'however' (a conjunctive adverb) incorrectly conjoins the ICs
| colspan="3" |'however' (a conjunctive adverb) incorrectly conjoins the ICs
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| colspan="2" |'''''I love to eat Oreos, but I know they are bad for me.'''''
| colspan="3" |'''''I love to eat Oreos, but I know they are bad for me.'''''
| &#10003; correct
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|-
|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|
|&#10003; correct
|-
|-
| colspan="3" |'but' (a coordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the ICs
| colspan="3" |'but' (a coordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the ICs
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| colspan="2" |''I love to eat Oreos; but I know they are bad for me.''
| colspan="3" |'''''I love to eat Oreos; however, I know they are bad for me.'''''
|&#10003; correct
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|-
|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|
|&#10003; correct
|-
|-
| colspan="3" |the semicolon correctly conjoins the ICs
| colspan="3" |the semicolon correctly conjoins the ICs, and the prefatory 'however' is okay if followed by a comma
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| colspan="2" |''I love to eat Oreos, even though I know they are bad for me.''
| colspan="3" |'''''I love to eat Oreos, even though I know they are bad for me.'''''
|&#10003; correct
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|<center>IC
|<center>IC
|<center>DC
|<center>DC
|
|&#10003; correct
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|-
| colspan="3" |'though' (a subordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the IC to the DC
| colspan="3" |'though' (a subordinating conjunction) correctly conjoins the IC to the DC