关于SAT WRITING 的问题（URGENT！）

candice_meUID: 108819

关于SO的用法：
BARRON的WRITING书，在IDENTIFYING SENTENCE-ERROR QUESTIONS一章中（P178），有个作为典型错误的句子：Nikita thought that Maria was hungry，so he brought her a donut。解释说THE USE OF SO AS A SYNONYM FOR THEREFORE IS EXTREMELY INFORMAL AND BORDERS ON COLLOQUIAL USAGE。BECAUSE INSERTING THEREFORE IN PLACE OF SO WILL MAKE THE SENTENCE A RUN-ON，THE SENTENCE MUST BE RECAST。
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# O+ |$ s5 U6 K6 w& ^可是接下来在SENTENCE-IMPROVEMENT QUESTIONS一章（P217）中的一个句子：The American colonists hated the King‘s tax on Englishtea，so they drank Dutch tea instead。中又说：Some people argue that so，when used as a conjunction，is nonstandard usage。It is widely accepted in informal English，however，and on the SAT 2 you may safely consider it standard usage。
2 [2 p- z1 M4 F5 ~5 Z$ `这个句子同样可以把SO 换成THEREFORE，为什么又可以呢。。。。。。？！
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到底SO 的用法算不算错误啊~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~还有，COMMA加THEREFORE，有断开，有连接词，为什么也算是RUN-ON SENTENCE？

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KaliUID: 110664

Just avoid using "so" in that respect. "Thus" is better, as is "therefore" or just reworking the sentence.
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4 C% q' y1 Z7 J- J7 `% KA sentence can still get too long even if you use comma + etc.

candice_meUID: 108819

but.......using so....................can it be a MISTAKE ?!

KaliUID: 110664

No, it's not a mistake, it's just not good writing.

candice_meUID: 108819

but if i met a "so" in IDENTIFYING SENTENCE-ERROR QUESTIONS section, can i identify it as a mistake?if not,why did barrons say that this was a mistake ah?!

sheareralanUID: 73434

there is reasonably many mistakes in the barron's writing , but compared to the math2 book ,it is still a good one, i bet

sheareralanUID: 73434

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