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    The document discusses several grammar and writing questions, providing explanations and analyses of the correct answers: 1) It analyzes a question about subject-verb agreement and identifies the key to finding the correct answer as identifying the subject of the sentence's gerund phrase. 2) It examines a question about separating sentences and explains that two ideas must be expressed as two separate sentences, not fused together. 3) It considers a question about comma usage with names and determines that the name is essential to the meaning of the sentence, so no commas should be used.

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    The document discusses several grammar and writing questions, providing explanations and analyses of the correct answers: 1) It analyzes a question about subject-verb agreement and identifies the key to finding the correct answer as identifying the subject of the sentence's gerund phrase. 2) It examines a question about separating sentences and explains that two ideas must be expressed as two separate sentences, not fused together. 3) It considers a question about comma usage with names and determines that the name is essential to the meaning of the sentence, so no commas should be used.

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    The document discusses several grammar and writing questions, providing explanations and analyses of the correct answers: 1) It analyzes a question about subject-verb agreement and identifies the key to finding the correct answer as identifying the subject of the sentence's gerund phrase. 2) It examines a question about separating sentences and explains that two ideas must be expressed as two separate sentences, not fused together. 3) It considers a question about comma usage with names and determines that the name is essential to the meaning of the sentence, so no commas should be used.

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    Erica Grammar DSAT - Removed

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    The document discusses several grammar and writing questions, providing explanations and analyses of the correct answers: 1) It analyzes a question about subject-verb agreement and identifies the key to finding the correct answer as identifying the subject of the sentence's gerund phrase. 2) It examines a question about separating sentences and explains that two ideas must be expressed as two separate sentences, not fused together. 3) It considers a question about comma usage with names and determines that the name is essential to the meaning of the sentence, so no commas should be used.

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    4. B: Transition 7.

    B: Subject-Verb Agreement, Verb Form

    The first sentence indicates that growing high-protein The inclusion of both singular verbs (has, is) and plural
    micro algae could substantially increase food verbs (have, are) signals that this question is testing
    production, and the second sentence reiterates and subject-verb agreement, so the first thing to do is back
    builds on that idea by pointing out the large number of up and identify the subject: the gerund identifying.
    people that might be fed. A continuer is therefore Gerunds are always singular, so the verb must be
    required. (A) can be eliminated because "still" is a singular as well. That eliminates (A) and (Q. (D)
    contradictor, and (D) can be eliminated because creates an ungrammatical construction-the present
    "subsequently" (then, next) does not make any sense. Be perfect is created with has, not is, and can be eliminated
    careful with (q, however: the fact that researchers as well, leaving (B) as the correct option.
    estimate 10 million people might be fed is not the direct
    and obvious logical cornequence of increased 8. A: Pronoun Agreement
    microalgae production. (Only hundreds of thousands of
    people might be fed, for irntance, or perhaps 20 million.) The actions of what arc coherent with a group? The
    As a result, "in fact" is a better answer because this word most logical referent in the sentence is each robot,
    only serves to indicate that a statement is emphasizing a singular. A singular pronoun (its) is th.us required,
    previous one. (B) is thus correct. making the answer (A). Be careful not to get distracted
    by the plural noun robots, which appears earlier in the
    5. C: Separating Sentences sentence. The word and creates a break in the sentence,
    with the information after it corresponding to a new
    Although the phrase as the field of linguistics matured subject: each robot.
    makes sense after the word I.a tin, don't be fooled. If you
    back up and read from the beginning of the sentence, 9. A: Student Notes
    when you plug in the missing information you'll find
    that there are actually two sentences, and As the field of The key phrase-what the student wants to indicate -
    linguistics matured must be placed at the beginning of the is" diverse origins," so the correct answer must convey
    second. (A) and (D) create fused sentences-two the idea that gumbo was influenced by many different
    sL-ntenccs placed back-to-back, without any cultures or foods. If you approach the answers with
    punctuation-and (B) creates a comma splice. (q that requirement in mind, you can identify (A) as the
    correctly separates the sentences with a period. answer almost immediately: the reference to Spanish,
    Caribbean, German, and Native American cuisine is an
    6. D: Commas with Name exact match, making it unnecessary to check the other
    options.
    WhL-n commas are tested in relation to names, there are
    generally only two correct options: two commas (non­ 10. C: Student Notes
    essential) or no commas (essential). To check the usage
    here, treat the name non-essentially, and read the The key phrase-what the student wants to
    sentence without it: Synthetic chemist has corrected this introduce-is "scope and purpose," so the correct
    problem by creating qubits... No, that clearly does not answer must convey information about ATLAS's size
    make grammatical sense, so the name is essential, and no and goals. If you skim through the answers, you can
    commas should be used. That makes the answer (D). sec that (B) contaim; the word "dozens" and (C)
    contains the word "thousands," whereas (A) and (D)
    do not contain any words indicating size. (B) docs not
    work, however, because this answer provides no
    information about the program's goals. (C) is correct
    because the phrase "to investigate the origins of the
    universe" conveys the program's purpose.

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