35 minutes for 50 English questions is about 42 seconds each as a mean, not as a cap on every underline. Section clocks are in how long the ACT is.
Bank seconds on easy grammar
Short punctuation items should take less than 42 seconds so a rhetoric question can take more. Math's average is longer, in 67 seconds on Math. Reading's average matches Math, in 67 seconds on Reading.
If an item stalls, guess and mark it for a second pass, in the two-pass method.
The bottom line
42 seconds is an average. Spend less on clear grammar so rhetoric can breathe.
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