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<p>Pretty sure it’s (B), “yet he hoped.” Parallelism</p>
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sent it to you</p>
<p>^ Nope, it’s “yet hoping”.</p>
<p>Are you sure? ^^</p>
<p>“He presented” himself before the judge, knowing full well that “he was” guilty yet hoping for leniency.</p>
<p>The trend seems to be subject pronoun - past participle.</p>
<p>(A) yet hoping
(B) yet “he hoped” <– is subject pronoun - past participle.
(C) and he hoped <– Could be this, but not a contrasting subjunction
(D) and yet hoped
(E) and he was hoping</p>
<p>But then again, I’m no expert. Can I get an explanation of why you think it’s A?</p>
<p>Oh yeah, actually I’m wrong. It can’t be B, C, or E because there’s no comma. D isn’t concise enough, so the answer is likely A.</p>
<p>Quick question with one of Silverturtle’s posts where he said: </p>
<p>None of these pronouns have a referent*—either endophorically or exophorically. </p>
<p>And then in the bottom he pointed out that he should have pluralized ‘referent.’ </p>
<p>Yet shouldn’t it remain single because he has the pronoun ‘none’ at the very front of the sentence?</p>
<p>Is it appropriate in formal writing to use “while” to mean “whereas,” as in “While I detest cheese, I like ham”?</p>
<p>I have heard from some sources that the usage of “while” should be restricted to denote simultaneous actions, yet have read other sources that disagree.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Hi Silverturtle,</p>
<p>In your fantastic writing grammar guide, you mentioned the difference in usage of due to and because of - in the “A specific diction error: due to versus because of” section. You said “due to” is used adjectivally for nouns, and “because” of is used adverbially for verbs. I did an online practice SAT question though and it said “due to” was the correct answer, but it appeared to be modifying a preposition phrase (I think that means it’s function adverbially but I’m not sure). Can it do this to? Thanks</p>
<p>Here’s the link: [The</a> Official SAT Question of the Day](<a href=“The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board”>The SAT – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
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The College Board is wrong. Although “due to” is commonly idiomatically used in place of “because of,” it is not a conjunction like “because” is because of the nature of the word “due” (which is an adjective: for example, it is describing the noun “test” in the sentence The test is due). It’s wrong to say It is sunny due to the absence of clouds, because “due” has to modify a noun, and it doesn’t make sense for it to modify “it”. You would say It is sunny because of the absence of clouds or It is sunny because there are no clouds.</p>
<p>However, since “due to” is a common idiom, many people use it in this illogical way, and I wouldn’t consider it poor language since idioms are characteristically unreasonable; idioms don’t have to adhere to logic. However, since the SAT is a reasoning test, and people are supposed to use their grammatical judgment to answer the writing questions, this is a poor writing question in my opinion.</p>
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<p>Yep, it’s A because “hoping” is parallel with “knowing.”</p>
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<p>Only if “none” were singular. For our purposes it’s not; you can confirm this by noting the plurality of “have.”</p>
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<p>I am among those who disagree and believe that I’m in the majority on that matter. “While” can be used to indicate simultaneity or contrast.</p>
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<p>In my opinion as well.</p>
<p>Thank you so much, silverturtle! This is going to be extremely beneficial…</p>
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<p>A guy said that collegeboard was wrong. It’s not. It’s explanation is faulty, or, more accurately, incomplete. You could have replaced “because” with “because of” or with “due to.” It makes no difference. But the sentence, as is, is wrong. Just read it:</p>
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<p>… because near-zero water temperatures what? Where’s the verb? Without “because of” or “due to,” the clause following because needs a verb. For example:</p>
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<p>The “because” is obviously not used correctly. You can change it to either:</p>
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<p>But that’s irrelevant. Surely you saw the error? That’s all you need to be able to do.</p>
<p>Also, please ignore that I used “it’s” instead of “its”… It’s embarrassing.</p>
<p>Just wondering, is there like a downloadable PDF or something that I can use to print this out?</p>
<p>Just search the thread for PDF and a few results should come up. I’m pretty sure there’s one within the last 10 pages.</p>
<p>Silverturtle can I try out your college predictability program you created in excel? It won’t let me PM you.</p>
<p>^ Silly spammer, you forgot about the email filter :(</p>
<p>Can someone send me that program too? Thanks!</p>