ACT For Dummies, with Online Practice Tests by Lisa Zimmer Hatch & Scott A. Hatch JD

Author:Lisa Zimmer Hatch & Scott A. Hatch JD [Hatch, Lisa Zimmer & JD, Scott A. Hatch]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781118911402
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2015-07-20T15:05:52+00:00

C. The placement of a comma before a coordinating conjunction such as and, but, or or is only proper when the conjunction joins two complete thoughts. Known as America’s pastime isn’t a complete thought, so beginning the underlined part with a conjunction can’t be right. Eliminate Choices (A) and (B). If you omit the underlined words, the subject of the sentence becomes known and means is the verb. If that isn’t bad enough, Choice (D) also separates the subject and verb with a single comma, which is never proper. Choice (C) is the answer that preserves it as the subject and doesn’t commit any messy comma infractions.

G. Choices (F) and (J) contain punctuation problems, so you can eliminate them. Choice (F) is a run-on, and Choice (J) creates a comma splice. Punctuation is okay in Choices (G) and (H), so choose the better answer based on the transition it provides between the two thoughts. The cause and effect transition created by therefore makes more sense than the contrast suggested by but. So Choice (G) is correct.

A. Check the underlined possessive pronoun for proper form. Their renames players, so the plural format is proper and Choice (D) can’t be right. The next step is to decide whether you need possessive form. Because skills is a noun, the possessive form is necessary.

Whenever a noun immediately follows a pronoun or other noun, the first noun should be in possessive form.

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