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* SAT Writing test generally does not test for gerunds, although they will appear in the text | * SAT Writing test generally does not test for gerunds, although they will appear in the text | ||
=== participial phrase === | === participle or participial phrase === | ||
* = verb phrases that act as an adjective | * = verb phrases that act as an adjective | ||
* participle = a verb that functions as an adjective, usually in the past tense or -ing form | * participle = a verb that functions as an adjective, usually in the past tense or -ing form | ||
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** which thereby matches to the singular, past tense A) was teeming | ** which thereby matches to the singular, past tense A) was teeming | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
* appositive phrases at end of a sentence: | |||
** SAT test often measures concision in sentences using appositive phrases instead of clauses: | |||
*** ''"The teacher discussed Theodoras, a gallic Roman general and emperor"'' | |||
** note how some appositive phrases can also be written as a relative clause: | |||
*** ''"The teacher discussed Theodoras, '''who was''' a gallic Roman general and emperor"'' | |||
* for appositive phrase on the SAT see Test 6, Writing question no. 1: | |||
In the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and | |||
Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into | |||
Lake [227, this is one] of the 58 freshwater bodies that | |||
compose Canada’s remotely located Experimental Lakes | |||
Area. | |||
A) NO CHANGE B) 227. Which is one C) 227. One D) 227, one | |||
* We can eliminate | |||
** A) because it creates two independent clauses that require a missing coordinating conjunction | |||
*** should read: ''"... into Lake 227, '''and''' this is one of..."'' | |||
** B) because the period before the relative clause "Which" creates an incomplete sentence | |||
** C) because the sentence created by the period, ''". One of the..."'' lacks a verb and is therefore an incomplete thought | |||
*** the subject "One" does not have a verb | |||
*** and the relative clause ''"that compose Canada's..."'' is an incomplete thought, as well | |||
* only D) is grammatically correct because it creates an appositive modifying phrase following "Lake 227" | |||
** note that this phrase could be a relative clause similar to B) but with a comma instead of a period | |||
* see: | * see: | ||
** [https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/dangling_modifiers_and_how_to_correct_them.htm dangling modifiers (owl.purdue.edu)] | ** [https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/dangling_modifiers_and_how_to_correct_them.htm dangling modifiers (owl.purdue.edu)] | ||