Sat writing tense help

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<p>is this generally correct: (please add any other trigger words for tense thanx)</p>

<p>since…present perfect</p>

<p>before…past perfect</p>

<p>Date (1980)…simple past</p>

<p>For (i.e. decades, two years, etc.)…present perfect</p>

<p>by the time (i.e. they arrived)…past perfect</p>

<p>iffy about </p>

<p>until…past perfect</p>

<p>I’m trying to make a list for shortcuts to save time on the writing section. :)</p>

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<p>My sense is that the recipe you’re searching for doesn’t exist, and that there are numerous exceptions to each of you proposed rules.</p>

<p>It doesn’t really take that long to consider each question in the writing section on its own merit if you have a reasonably good sense of English grammar.</p>