Writing tips/templates

What I meant was whether you can use simple examples to score high.

Dana, thanks. Do you have your sample essays (if they are not classified of course!:) )?

Thank you very much.

Dangling modifier vs -ING form

Manhattan SC Guide says that the following sentence is incorrect (dangling modifier): Using the latest technology, the mechanical problem was solved quickly. I've read numerous posts by experts that an -ING form can modify the whole clause (and not only the subject + the verb of the main clause). Wh...

So are you saying that the pronoun they in "...they would in the past have conceded to rivals. " refers to the sales?

The very nature of most CRs is that something is taken for granted: a presumed LINK between the premises and the conclusion. It is for this reason that most CRs are FLAWED. But does it mean that answer choices that say: "It takes something for granted" (as in choice E) will always be wron...

Author takes someting for granted

Most people believe that yawning is most powerfully triggered by seeing someone else yawn. This belief about yawning is widespread not only today, but also has been commonplace in many parts of the world in the past, if we are to believe historians of popular culture. Thus, seeing someone else yawn...

Mike, thank you very much for your reply. It was really helpful. There is something very clean about omitting every word that would be repeated from the first clause: all the correct grammar in the first clause is simply implied in the second clause without having to say it. The above is a very good...