SAT writing question: Despite the poor weather, I was planning on attending the festival with my sister.

Question

Despite(A)

poor weather(B)

I was planning(C)

on attending(D)

Spot what is grammatically wrong in the sentence.

I already know the answer, but I don't understand why, so please explain.

Thanks!

Answer 1

yea..its just one of those rule for prepositional phrases.

uped him one :]

Answer 2

(D) You were planning to attend. The preposition "on" didn't belong there. You were not planning "on" anything.