Private Tutor Sat Writing 2013-2014 Prep Course

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The manager’s demand that employees follow

health code requirements and wash their hands after

using the restroom was not dogmatic but a wish to

keep both employees and customers healthy.

(A) was not dogmatic but a wish

(B) was not dogmatic but wished

(C) was not because he was dogmatic, he wished

(D) resulted not from dogmatism, but from a wish

(E) resulted not from dogmatism, but he wished

6.

Notice the tip-off word “but” and spot the Parallelism error. “dogmatic” is an adjective and “wish” is a noun.
They are not parallel.

(B) “dogmatic” is an adjective and “wished” is a verb. They are not parallel.
(C) The sentence is not parallel. “Dogmatic” is an adjective and “wished” is a verb and the “he”
following the comma creates a run-on.
(D) Totally parallel. “dogmatism” is a noun and “wish” is a noun and notice the parallel
construction of not from and but from.
(E) “dogmatism” is a noun and “wished” is a verb. They are not parallel.

Revised Sentence:
The manager’s demand that employees follow
health code requirements and wash their hands after
using the restroom resulted not from dogmatism,
but from a wish to keep both employees and
customers healthy.

Correct Answer: (D)

Almost 20 years after Elvis Presley won his third

Grammy for his inspirational performance of the

A B

gospel song How Great Thou Art, the nation

distributing a postage stamp to pay tribute to him.

C D

No error

E

7.

Did you catch the Sentence Fragment with your ear? Let’s check the answers one by one.

(A) “for” is a preposition. Can you win a Grammy FOR something? Sure.
(B) “inspirational” is an adjective modifying the noun “performance.”
(C) While the gerund “distributing” does not need to be changed to the infinitive, it does need to
be changed to the simple past tense. The sentence gives us a specific time (20 years after).
Changing distributing to distributed fixes the sentence fragment and Verb Tense error.
(D) “him” refers to Elvis so there is no pronoun ambiguity error. Let’s check pronoun case: “him”
is an objective pronoun. Does a preposition come before it? Yes! To him.