SAT Writing Questions

adcomb
Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:46:34 +0000

Q1) Marisa became fluent in French only after she had lived in France for a while; she would not have acquired the language as quickly (by studying) French at home.

I thought (by studying) must be (by having studied) since the sentence has ‘would not have’.

Q2) Having methodically examined the building and its entrances, the fire inspector concluded that the owner had compiled to all regulations.

What is the correct idiom for compiled to?