Up Your Score SAT, 2018-2019 Edition The Underground Guide to Outsmarting The Test

Example 1:
My mother’s salary is higher than Jane’s mother.

Your mother’s salary is higher than Jane’s mother’s salary, not higher than
Jane’s mother. How could a salary be higher than a person?

Correct: My mother’s salary is higher than Jane’s mother’s.

Example 2:
Harry raised more cows than Jim’s ranch.

This above sentence is comparing Harry with Jim’s ranch. The writer of the
sentence should instead compare Harry with Jim. That would be more logical.

Correct: Harry raised more cows than Jim did.

BONUS COMMANDMENT: THOU SHALT ALSO WATCH OUT FOR THESE ASSORTED
ERRORS.

•       Either  goes    with    or; neither goes    with    nor.

•       When    referring   to  a   country,    don’t   use they;   use it.

Example:
The United States is the richest country in the world. They have the highest
GNP.

Correct: It has the highest GNP.

•       Use the word    fewer   if  you can count   what    you’re  describing; if  not,    use the

word    less.*

*I  got fewer   points  on  my  SAT because I   knew    less    of  the information in  this    helpful book.

—Samantha

Example:
Now that there are fewer elephants milling around, there is less dust being
kicked into the air.

A Punctuation Refresher