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SAT Question of the Day Explained – September 3, 2014 – Improving Sentences

Today’s SAT question is a writing question that asks if the following sentence needs any modifications to the underlined “like”:

Like machinery was integral to the development of industrial capitalism, so the rapid transfer of information is the force driving modern business.

“Like” and “so” have been known go together sometimes (like the sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives…”, but do these correlative conjunctions function correctly here? Continue reading

SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 24, 2014 – Improving Sentences

Arthur Ashe, 1975

Today’s SAT question of the day is an improving sentences question about a stadium in New York that is named for Arthur Ashe.  We have several pieces of information in this sentence that need to be organized properly:

  • The main stadium of the US Open is in NY
  • Arthur Ashe won the first ever US Open men’s singles title in 1968
  • The main US Open stadium is named after Arthur Ashe Continue reading

SAT Question of the Day Explained – January 18, 2014 – Improving Sentences

Study hard, kids.Today’s official SAT question of the day is an Improving Sentences question about a certain painter.  The first part of the sentence gives some facts about the painter, so the second half of the sentence needs to start with something like “the painter” or his name.  It doesn’t currently start this way, so let’s look for an option that does.

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