The Writing Section:  Sentence Errors
        


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Sentence errors questions ask you to find errors in usage and word choice.
Errors include subject / verb agreement, verb tense, and word choice.

Try this example: 

The glowing reviews received by Zaha Hadid, the first woman to be awarded
                                    A                                                           B
the Pritzger Prize for architecture, has surprised those who criticized her
                                                         C
unswerving commitment to modernism.  No error.
       D                                                       E

Solution:  Consider the possible answer choices:
   A. The sentence errors questions do not have spelling errors. Eliminate. 
   B. This is an infinitive phrase describing woman. It is correct.  Eliminate.
   C. Reviews (not Zaha Hadid) is the subject. A plural subject requires a plural verb, have.
   D. Sentence errors questions have idiom errors - not vocabulary errors.   Eliminate.
   E. There is an error.  Eliminate.

SAT TIP:  There are NO spelling or capitalization errors.

Practice with official SAT questions: 
          Subject / verb agreement:   >  Go to questions and explanations
          Verb tense:   >  Go to questions and explanations
          Word choice:   >  Go to questions and explanation

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Most people think the writing section score is based only on the essay, but
   most of the score is based on finding usage and sentence structure errors.
SAT TIP:  Eliminate the correct answers, 
                and choose the incorrect answer
                on the sentence errors questions.
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