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Grammar Review : Choosing the Correct Pronoun on the ACT and SAT
Grammar Review : Choosing the Correct Pronoun on the ACT and SAT 392 257 School Tutoring

Overview:  What Are Pronouns? Pronouns are word forms that substitute for nouns.  They differ from nouns in that the correct pronoun form depends on the function it takes within the…

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Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode
Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode 556 333 School Tutoring

Overview:  What Are Measures of Central Tendency? Measures of central tendency represent the most typical score or value in a group of scores on some measure in either a population…

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Review of Solid Geometry on the SAT and ACT
Review of Solid Geometry on the SAT and ACT 812 337 School Tutoring

Overview:  What Is Solid Geometry? Solid geometry was developed after plane geometry as a way to describe the three-dimensional world and the objects in it.  In the ideal three-dimensional world,…

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Review of Math Functions on the SAT and ACT
Review of Math Functions on the SAT and ACT 381 351 School Tutoring

Overview:  What Are Functions? Functions in mathematics describe two different types of relationships between numbers.  The simplest definitions are that a function can be either the set of ordered pairs…

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Nonstandard English: Negative Sentences
Nonstandard English: Negative Sentences 160 128 School Tutoring

Overview:  Why Double Negatives? Some of the most common examples of nonstandard English occur when negative words and statements are misused.  Negatives as alternatives are contained in the English/grammar tests…

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Using Prepositions and Conjunctions on the SAT and ACT
Using Prepositions and Conjunctions on the SAT and ACT 160 128 School Tutoring

Overview:  Why Prepositions and Conjunctions? Both prepositions and conjunctions show relationships between words within sentences.  It is important to use both types correctly, as changing either the preposition in a…

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Recognizing Appropriate Sentence Construction in Reading Passages
Recognizing Appropriate Sentence Construction in Reading Passages 275 183 School Tutoring

Overview:  Why Sentence Construction? Some test questions in the English/grammar portion of the SAT, ACT, and other tests ask students to read a passage and find the best way to…

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Recognizing Nonstandard English Usage on Tests
Recognizing Nonstandard English Usage on Tests 160 128 School Tutoring

Overview:  What Is Nonstandard English? Nonstandard English usage encompasses topics such as  double negatives, nonstandard use of contractions, less acceptable phrases, and commonly confused words.  These are all traps for…

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Math Review of Combinations and Permutations
Math Review of Combinations and Permutations 340 250 School Tutoring

Overview Mathematical combinations occur in problems that involve the number of ways that sets can be combined, where order does not matter.  Permutations are similar arrangements, but order does matter. …

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Is there Really No Error in the Sentence?
Is there Really No Error in the Sentence? 171 295 School Tutoring

Overview:  No Error One of the ways English and grammar skills are tested on the SAT, ACT, and other standardized tests is to ask students to decide if a sentence…

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