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Fireworking Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
"Just by" vs "Just
Hello, I am preparing for the SAT and I can't wrap my head around this one question.
This is a sentence correction question. I have shortened the question to only include the parts I am confused about. The underlined oart pf the sentence should be replaced by ( A) or ( B).
Just by swishing water in your mouth when you are finished eating or drinking helps avoid tooth decay.
( A) Just by swishing water in your
( B) Just swishing water in your
B is the correct answer. The question is why is A is incorrect. It seems that both would be correct (but understanding the nature of the test, A is automatically incorrect).
Thanks for your help! I really appreciate it.
This is a sentence correction question. I have shortened the question to only include the parts I am confused about. The underlined oart pf the sentence should be replaced by ( A) or ( B).
Just by swishing water in your mouth when you are finished eating or drinking helps avoid tooth decay.
( A) Just by swishing water in your
( B) Just swishing water in your
B is the correct answer. The question is why is A is incorrect. It seems that both would be correct (but understanding the nature of the test, A is automatically incorrect).
Thanks for your help! I really appreciate it.
Top answer
X helps avoid tooth decay. X is the subject and must be a noun or noun-form. mouth' is a prepositional phrase ('by' is a preposition), which is not a noun form.
- X helps avoid tooth decay.
- X is the subject and must be a noun or noun-form.
- mouth' is a prepositional phrase ('by' is a preposition), which is not a noun form.
- mouth' is a noun phrase headed by the gerund 'swishing'.
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X helps avoid tooth decay.
X is the subject and must be a noun or noun-form. ' (just) by....mouth' is a prepositional phrase ('by' is a preposition), which is not a noun form. '(Just) swishing...mouth' is a noun phrase headed by the gerund 'swishing'.
X is the subject and must be a noun or noun-form. ' (just) by....mouth' is a prepositional phrase ('by' is a preposition), which is not a noun form. '(Just) swishing...mouth' is a noun phrase headed by the gerund 'swishing'.
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