Correcting Conjunction Errors - SAT Writing

When neither is used in any sentence, it must be followed by it's coordinate conjunction, "nor." The best way to correctly write the sentence above is "Neither beef nor pork is particularly sustainable as a food source."

When "neither" is used in a sentence, "nor" should follow it, creating the structure "neither X nor Y," where X and Y are items formatted in the same manner. To correct the sentence, we need to change "and definitely not" to "nor." Several answer choices do this: "nor faithful to the original film," "nor were it faithful to the original film," and "nor was it faithful to the original film." "Nor were it faithful to the original film" and "nor was it faithful to the original film" might each look like potentially correct answers, but each introduces a verb that disrupts the parallel structure of "neither X nor Y," in which "nor" should be immediately followed by "faithful to the original film." The correct answer is thus "nor faithful to the original film," making the corrected sentence, "The remake of the film was neither enjoyable nor faithful to the original film."

The correct form for this sentence is "neither . . . nor." In addition, "neither . . .nor" leads to use of the singular form "is"rather than "are_."_

In standard English, when you use the phrase "not only" in a sentence, it should be followed by the phrase "but also." So, the correct answer is "When she went to the zoo, Lyndsey got to see not only tigers, but also polar bears, iguanas, and toucans."

Only answer choice "the heroine, Catherine, must choose between true love and social preeminence" correctly uses "and" with the preposition "between."

The other answer choices, including the original text "the heroine, Catherine, must choose between true love or social preeminence," contain an incorrect idiomatic expression. When we have "between," we typically need the word "and"—rather than "or"—to separate the entities that follow.

Correlative conjunctions are used in specific pairs: "either" must be paired with "or" and "neither" must be paired with "nor" when you want to use them as correlative conjunctions. When using these correlative conjunctions, it is also important to remember to use parallel phrasing with each element that is being associated through the use of the conjunction.

The correlative conjunctions “either” and “or” get paired together here. In "either . . . or" sentences, the two options being discussed (in this case, going to the toy store and going to the ice cream parlor) must be presented in a grammatically parallel way so that the words following “either” and the words following “or” are parallel phrases. In this case, “to the toy store” and “to the ice cream parlor” are the only options that are parallel; otherwise, you’re comparing apples and oranges.

The correlative conjunctions “neither” and “nor” belong together. In "neither . . . nor" sentences, the two options (“pleased with their poor work” and “willing to accept their rowdy behavior”) must be presented in a grammatically parallel way so that the words following “neither” and the words following “nor” are parallel phrases.

Whenever you use the word "neither," the proper conjunction to follow it with is "nor." Therefore, here, you need to use "nor" rather than any of the other choices.

"than both the Civil War plus World War II" - This option contains a major error, in that it connects the Civil War and World War II with an improper conjunction "plus." "Plus" should only be used to discuss mathematical relationships, it is not a suitable replacement for the word "and" (which is the correct correlative conjunction for "both").

"than either the Civil War nor World War II." - This option uses the incorrect correlative conjunction of "nor" with "either." The correct correlative conjunction for "either" is "or."

"than either Civil War and World War II were." - This option again uses an incorrect correlative conjunction, incorrectly pairing "either" with "and." Also, the repetition of the verb "were" is unnecessary.

"than both the Civil War or World War II." - This option uses the incorrect correlative conjunction pairing of "both" with "or."

"than both the Civil War and World War II." - This option is correct, and features no error. It is the only option to feature a correct correlative conjunction pairing.

When "either" is used at the beginning of a sentence, it must be followed with the correlative conjunction "or." "Either you work for the crown, or you are against the crown" is the best way to write the underlined portion of the sentence. When "neither" is used "nor" is the necessary correlative conjunction.

When using "neither" at the beginning of a sentence, it must be followed with the correlative conjunction "nor." Therefore, "Neither the teachers nor the students" is the best way to write the underlined portion of the sentence. "Or" is the correct correlative conjunction to use with "either." "Neither the teachers nor the students were pleased with the way the assembly was conducted" is the only version of the sentence that corrects the correlative conjunction error while creating no additional errors.

"Not only", when used at the beginning of a sentence, must be followed with the correlative conjunction "but also." Therefore, "John not only desired loyalty from his men, but also demanded their courage" is the best way to write the underlined portion of the sentence.

When "not only" is used, it should be followed by the correlative conjunction "but also." "But for" is used to signal exceptions, and can be synonymous with "were it not for", as in the example: "He would have been the best basketball player in the world, but for his height." "But also" is appropriate in this case, signaling the inclusion of additional items to the groceries.

When either is used in any sentence, it must be followed by it's coordinate conjunction, "or." The best way to correctly write the sentence above is "Either you take out that trash, or you will have to find a new roommate."

When either is used in a sentence, it must be followed by it's coordinate conjunction, "or." The best way to correctly write the sentence above is "My mother told me to go to the store and pick up either ten apples, or ten banana."

When "not only" is used in any sentence, it must be followed by it's coordinate conjunction, "but also." The best way to correctly write the sentence above is "Not only have you ruined your friendship with Mark, but also you made Paul very upset."

The semicolon use is correct already. The issue lies in the conjunction following "between." It should be "and" not "or." She had to pick between tofu AND chicken, not between tofu OR chicken.

Whenever you see the conjunction "either," it must always be followed by the correlative conjunction "or." As such, the "nor" in the sentence should be changed to "or."

The presence of the word "nor" in the sentence above indicates that the first word of the sentence should be "Neither." Neither and nor are correlative conjunctions, and should be used together.