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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 378.1662 EAN: 9780764134449 ISBN: 0764134442 Label: Barron's Educational Series Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: October 01, 2006 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Studio: Barron's Educational Series Accessories:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Proficiency in fundamental English grammar is required by all high school students who hope to score well on their college entrance exams. This brush-up and review book focuses on improving studentsÂ’ verbal skill and fluency. The opening chapters summarize grammatical terms, demonstrate their functions, and focus on the 24 most common problems in grammar and usage that show up repeatedly on the SAT, ACT, and other exams. Prominent among these pitfalls are subject-verb agreement, parallel structure, incomplete sentences, choice of pronouns, and faulty punctuation. This book gives students a productive approach to test taking, paying special attention to SAT grammar and usage questions, common question types on the ACTÂ’s English section, and grammar tests that students must take for high school graduation. The book includes many sample questions with fully explained answers, and offers detailed instruction on answering the SAT and ACT essay questions. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Not recommendedI needed a book to help a high school student review for some basic proficiency tests in sentence and grammar correction. This book looked promising at first glance, especially with the Barron's logo emblazoned on it. However, when working through it, some examples were cumbersome or unclear, including one in which a pronoun was explained as referring back to an "antecedent" which, if re-inserted in place of the pronoun, would have rendered the sentence nonsensical. In fact, the pronoun ... Read More Rating: - Do not buy this book!As a SAT and ACT tutor for several years, I was looking for a book to supplement some of the fine materials from Kaplan and Princeton Review. This book is not it! Rife with errors, it seems like the author has very little idea of what actual ACT and SAT questions are like. I'm astounded that parts of this book were ever read by an editor! Students who use this book blindly are likely to spend unnecessary time reading through grammatical rules that will never be seen on an actual test. It's unfortunate ... Read More 
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