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If you are seeing this in my blog, do the SAT Question of the Day by clicking on this link:
http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day?questionId=20131108&oq=1 (This link takes you to today’s question. If you use my archive, you will see the question related to my SAT explanation for that date.)
The answer is C. This is one of the most common errors you will see on the test. They love to start out with an introductory adjectival phrase and then put an inappropriate noun that it modifies following the comma. In this case, the phrase describes a country and then the noun that follows the comma is “borders.” They make it tricky by putting “Finland’s” there; so, it sounds right at first. But Finland is not used as the subject because it is in the possessive case. If you were in a hurry, you probably didn’t notice that.
Whenever you see an introductory adjectival clause, be sure that it is describing the appropriate noun which follows it. For a list of more common errors, check out my website and take a look at Video #9.
Let’s see what the ACT folks have for us this morning.
ACT Question of the Day: Use your “back” button to return to my website after reading the ACT Question of the Day.
The answer is C. (I promise not to rant about them continuing to use the same old questions all the time but this question has moss on it because it is so old.) You can see from Figure 1 that the pines die out at 100 years and the oak-hickory trees take over. That’s simple enough.
Be sure to practice reading charts and graphs to prepare for the ACT Science Test. There will be lots of them. Don’t worry about reviewing science knowledge. They will tell you everything you need to know to answer the questions. (I’ve only seen two fact-based questions in over 20 years that weren’t answered by the information in the test booklet.)
Today would be a good day to get to know someone new. Say, “Hi,” to a classmate that you don’t know and seems interesting based on what s/he says in class. Maybe you’ll discover a new friend.
The SAT & ACT Wizard
