Wynton Marsalis
Today’s SAT question of the day is a writing multiple choice question about Wynton Marsalis and transitions.
Let’s focus on the issue:
[He won] Grammy awards for both his jazz and even classical works.
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
Today’s ACT question of the day is an English question from a passage about radio broadcasting in the 1920’s. (The photo is from the ’30s, so don’t be fooled. Also, did you know we wouldn’t have radio if it wasn’t for…bananas? True story.)
We need to know if we are transitioning correctly from idea to idea. Our current transition word is “therefore”, but do we have the right relationship between ideas to support the use of that word?
Today’s SAT question of the day about flags comes from the writing section. For this Identifying Sentence Errors question, we have to find the error (if any) that exists in the sentence.
It won’t take you long to hear what sounds wrong. Continue reading
Today’s ACT question of the day is an English question that, at its heart, is all about coordinating and subordinating conjunctions! (Whoa.) It’s not a real brain buster, don’t worry.
In this question, a government agency was created to license radio stations, _____ it didn’t have any power over these stations. What word did you fill in there naturally? Remember that word. Continue reading