Strategy

In our second installment of the pronouns series, we’ll look at ambiguous pronouns. Pronoun (and noun), where art thou? The SAT also tests ambiguous pronouns. Those are pronouns that are either unclear or refer to someone or something not specified in the sentence. What does that look like? Here’s an example from Erica Meltzer’s The Ultimate Guide […]

My husband tells me he thinks of pronouns as “pro nouns” – professional nouns. They’re the ones you call to stand in for the regular nouns. You need to understand how pronouns work because they account for a whopping 17% of the test questions in the Writing section. Of all the pronoun questions, the majority […]

The amazing Debbie Stier recently took the SAT and had a bad experience: the proctor didn’t keep accurate time, the location was noisy, and the desks were too small. She investigated and discovered that the College Board has an official Standard Testing Room Manual. Her post (and blog) is worth reading in its entirety, but here’s […]