ACT SVA and Commas

What is the best way to reproduce the underlined portion of the sentence below?

"This feeling, that books are real friends is constantly present to all who love reading.",

• this feeling of books

• this feeling of the way that

• This feeling that books

• NO CHANGE

The world is full of contradictions and I am full of them as well.  Every person has their quirks and I am no exception.  I love sports but I am also lazy I love animals, but I am not a vegetarian and I love teaching but I hate taking classes.  With all these contradictions how does a person like me make sense?  I would love to enlighten you!

How should the underlined portion be written to be grammatically correct?

• contradictions, and I am full of them as well

• contradictions: and I am full of them as well

• contradictions and me too

• contradictions; and I am full of them as well

The world is full of contradictions and I am full of them as well.  Every person has their quirks and I am no exception.  I love sports but I am also lazy I love animals, but I am not a vegetarian and I love teaching but I hate taking classes.  With all these contradictions how does a person like me make sense?  I would love to enlighten you!

What would make the underlined portion grammatically correct?

• quirks being I am no

• quirks, and I am no

• quirks, I am no

• quirks: and I am no

To begin I should explain how it is that I am a sports-lover but lazy.  I have tried as many sports as have been possible in my life and I have enjoyed all of them.  I had competed in national gymnastics which is probably the most holistically challenging for ten years.  This sport took precedence in all of middle and high school for me.  When I retired I took up sprinting.  I ran for my university track team a D3 team don’t get too excited and performed as a top athlete in our conference.  I fell in love with running so much that I even signed up to run cross country in the fall.  Endurance is not my thing and that is part of why I am lazy.  I played soccer one season because the team needed an extra body.  I was an awful terrible soccer player but it was so much fun!  I now ride horses and run for fun.  I am lazy however because as I mentioned before I don’t have much endurance.  I’m a sprinter through and through!  I like the pain to be over in less than 60 seconds.  I’ll run longer but I’m not usually happy about it.  For as much as I love sports I also love to sit on my couch with potato chips and watch tv too!  Generally I love athletics but I am a lazy relaxer also!

What would make the underline portion grammatically correct?

• To begin: I should explain 

• To begin, I should explain 

• To begin—I should explain 

• To begin I should be happy to explain 

To begin I should explain how it is that I am a sports-lover but lazy.  I have tried as many sports as have been possible in my life and I had enjoyed all of them.  I had competed in national gymnastics which is probably the most holistically challenging for ten years.  This sport took precedence in all of middle and high school for me.  

What would make the underlined portion grammatically correct?

•  my life, therefore, I 

• NO CHANGE

• my life: and I 

• my life I 

• my life, and I

James, John and I should not be blamed for our errors in writing.

Which of the following is the best correction for this sentence?

• The sentence contains no errors.

• James John and I should not be blamed for our errors in writing.

• James, John, and I, should not be blamed for our errors in writing.

• James, John, and I should not be blamed for our errors in writing.

When I retired I took up sprinting.  I ran for my university track team a D3 team don’t get too excited—and performed as a top athlete in our conference.  I fell in love with running so much that I even signed up to run cross country in the fall.  Endurance is not my thing and that is part of why I am lazy.  I played soccer one season because the team needed an extra body.  I was an awful terrible soccer player but it was so much fun!  

What would make the underlined portion grammatically correct?

• NO CHANGE

• When I retired, I took up sprinting.

• When I retired and I took up sprinting.

• When I retired: I took up sprinting.

When I retired I took up sprinting.  I ran for my university track team a D3 team don’t get too excited—and performed as a top athlete in our conference.  I fell in love with running so much that I even signed up to run cross country in the fall.  Endurance is not my thing and that is part of why I am lazy.  I played soccer one season because the team needed an extra body.  I was an awful terrible soccer player but it was so much fun!

What would make the underlined portion grammatically correct?

• NO CHANGE

• and performed as a top athlete, in our conference.

• and, performed as a top athlete in our conference.

• and performed, as a top athlete in our conference.

When I retired I took up sprinting.  I ran for my university track team a D3 team don’t get too excited and performed as a top athlete in our conference.  I fell in love with running so much that I even signed up to run cross country in the fall.  Endurance is not my thing and that is part of why I am lazy.  I played soccer one season because the team needed an extra body.  I was an awful terrible soccer player but it was so much fun!  

What would make the underlined portion of the passage correct?

• NO CHANGE 

• I played soccer one season because, the team needed an extra body. 

• I played soccer one season but the team needed an extra body. 

• I played soccer one season because the team, needed an extra body.

When I retired I took up sprinting.  I ran for my university track team a D3 team don’t get too excited and performed as a top athlete in our conference.  I fell in love with running so much that I even signed up to run cross country in the fall.  Endurance is not my thing and that is part of why I am lazy.  I played soccer one season because the team needed an extra body.  I was an awful terrible soccer player but it was so much fun!  

What would make the underlined portion of the sentence correct?

• NO CHANGE

•  soccer player (but) it was so much fun!

• soccer player but it was so, much fun! 

• soccer player, but it was so much fun!