where did u learn ur grammar rules?

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<p>where did u learn ur grammar rules?</p>

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<p>Merriam Webster Grammar Dictionary</p>

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<p>6th grade English and 7th-10th grade Latin.</p>

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<p>test prep companies have all the important rules</p>

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<p>There’s a little book called Elements of Style by Strunk and White that covers a lot in a short little book.</p>

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<p>Books.</p>

<p>(No, I’m really not being facetious… I never learned any formal grammar rules. I don’t know what prepositional phrases or dangling modifiers or such things are… I just read a lot when I was a kid, and that seemed to give me a good enough sense of grammar to have no grammatical problems and also ace the writing section of the SAT. Now if only math was that easy grrrrrr)</p>

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<p>I am really bewildered by the mutual contradictions in books of all sorts and SAT prep books in particular. For example, Verbal Advatange rules “be comprised of” out as a wrong usage but Barron 2400 accepts in its practice part; Merriam Webster, however, takes a neutral position: acknowledging that that usage dates back to 18th century while advising its readers to eschew.</p>

<p>I beg your help.</p>

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<p>okay, can someone explain verb tenses in very simple terms (present perfect, past perfect are the ones that confuse me) For instance i just got this question wrong:
Katherine felt that she has not had <-A B-> any understanding of the highly intricate workings of the stock market until her uncle took her to the New York Stock Exchange.</p>

<p>Answer is A. I put B. </p>

<p>I have improved in writing (scores are showing) Just missed 4, 2 = no errors T_T and 2 = verb tense. So I have figured out my weaknesses VERB TENSES AND NO ERRORs. well now i am just putting no error to the ones I can’t figure out and its working xD. </p>

<p>Thanks for the help ccers</p>

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<p>Oh, I do not think you need to worry about a question on the SAT that tests your knowledge of “comprised of” because it would generate a wave of challenges. While it remains that, for purists, the use of “comprised of” is not only wrong, but dead wrong, its constant misuse has become so ingrained that it has become … acceptable.</p>

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<p>lol what’s the correct idiomatic phrase then? comprised ____?
thankies xiggister</p>