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** idiomatic is different from "informal" or colloquial (local, common) language | ** idiomatic is different from "informal" or colloquial (local, common) language | ||
* By definition idiomatic words have no set rule | * By definition idiomatic words have no set rule | ||
** idioms include colloquial (informal) expressions, prepositions, or vocabulary. | |||
** prepositions can be "idiomatic" in that there may not be a logic or rule in the difference between some of them, but we tend to use one over the other, even it is synonymous | |||
* HOWEVER, on the SAT Writing section, students can use elimination techniques to eliminate down to the correct idiomatic expression | * HOWEVER, on the SAT Writing section, students can use elimination techniques to eliminate down to the correct idiomatic expression | ||
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* see this video for demonstration of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV7QK_ex0jQ&list=PLyC6Fj2OdXlpDypu0__dsv5y6EZS5NpmH&index=1&t=4s on elimination techniques with idiomatic & vocabulary questions (by Michael Bromley)]] | * see this video for demonstration of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV7QK_ex0jQ&list=PLyC6Fj2OdXlpDypu0__dsv5y6EZS5NpmH&index=1&t=4s on elimination techniques with idiomatic & vocabulary questions (by Michael Bromley)]] | ||
Click EXPAND for an example from CB Test 6, Writing question no. 21, on how to eliminate idiomatic possible answers using grammar rules: | Click EXPAND for an example from CB Test 6, Writing question no. 21, on how to eliminate idiomatic possible answers using grammar rules: | ||