SAT grammar questions

WasatchWriter
Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:21:52 +0000

In your first question, “then” is not being used as a conjunction. The sentence is a series of three verb phrases joined by “and” before the third phrase. The adverb “then” at the start of the second phrase does not join anything; it simply identifies a relationship.

If you are thinking that “then” could be omitted, you are correct; I don’t see that it adds anything useful to the sentence.