Trouble with the English section? Usage and Mechanics?

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<p>I took a practice English ACT, and I got 9 incorrect. And 8 of them were Usage and Mechanic errors.</p>

<p>Before I thought I had problems with Rhetoricals, but I found out that you should only choose the answer that is proven directly by the writing. </p>

<p>But I’ve been reviewing Usage and Mechanics for over 3 days now… And I still make errors for it? Isn’t that the easiest part of the test?</p>

<p>Can someone give me a website to help me master it? I feel as if I’ve learned some ‘bad’ rules and haven’t really mastered the structure — Such as “, but” = “;” = “.” ect.</p>

<p>How is this wrong?
“Equipment for both types of kayaks are similar”</p>

<p>What should I be checking for agreement?</p>

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<p>Subject verb agreement. Take out all the padding, i.e. anything that isn’t the subject or the verb (‘for both types of kayaks’ and ‘similar’)</p>

<p>So now you have “Equipment are”. It just sounds wrong first of all. Equipment is singular, so it needs a singular verb. The correct sentence should be “Equipment for both types of kayaks is similar”.</p>

<p>Hope that helps a little bit.</p>