<p>Section 5
Number 10:</p>
<p>When a star begins to "die," it expands into a giant red mass, engulfing what planets, if any, that are in its solar system.</p>
<p>(A) what planets, if any, that are
(B) any planets
(C) its planets, if there might be any
(D) the planets, if any are
(E) whatever the planets may be that are</p>
<p>For me, all of these choices are grammatically incorrect. I thought the PSAT Writing Skills Section tests grammar.
What do you think?</p>
<p>I think it is B. Though I might be wrong. It is the most consise version, all the other ones are too verbose and repetitive.</p>
<p>yea, B looks like the right one to me. The other ones are gramatically incorrect.</p>
<p>the most grammatically correct, and most wordy, is e, </p>
<p>a.) wrong
b.) any planet would work, not planets
c.) comma splice
d.) comma splice
e.) wordy</p>
<p>pick the less of two evils between b and e.</p>
<p>B is the correct answer. So does the SAT not test grammar?
Also which is more important, grammar or brevity?</p>
<p>When in doubt, look for the answer that sucks the least, that for me is B</p>
<p>What is grammatically incorrect about B?</p>
<p>any usually refers to only one thing, you wouldn't say "I wouldn't date just any people at that school" you'd say "I would just date any person at that school"</p>
<p>gah i hate the college board, yay that is over.</p>
<p>Take the ACT, it doesn't try to trick you as much</p>
<p>The word "any" alone does not denote number. For example, you can have "any person" or "any persons." However, words such as "anyone" or "anything" ARE singular. While grammar is certainly tested on the Writing section, features of good writing such as style, clarity, and conciseness matter as well. Choice B is the most concise (while retaining the correct meaning) choice.</p>
<p>Choice A is wordy.
Choice C uses the word "its" in "its planets" incorrectly. The planets technically belong to the solar system, not the star. Wordiness is an issue as well.
Choice D uses "the planets" alone -- this is incorrect. The correct phrase should be "the planets in its solar system." It is also wordy.
Choice E is extremely wordy.</p>
<p>Section 5
Number 33</p>
<p>Such[A] a bold stroke would transform the city's
two railroad terminals into** through stations
and might also[C] be the signal for competing railroads
to work as[D] a team. No Error[E]</p>
<p>e? 10charac</p>
<p>b? 10 char</p>
<p>I think it is E</p>
<p>The correct answer is E.
Why isn't B a correct answer?
To me that sentence is cacophonious when spoken.
What are "through stations"?
I just figured out that the word "through" can be used properly in this context.
I have NEVER seen the word "through" used in that context.
What about you guys?</p>
<p>Yay for my 100th post!</p>
<p>Section 5
Problem 34:</p>
<p>When looking<a href="A">/u</a> at modern photographs of that area
of Indonesia, the effects of the 1883 eruption of<a href="B">/u</a>
the volcano Krakatau are<a href="C">/u</a> still evident<a href="D">/u</a>. No error.<a href="E">/u</a></p>
<p>I believe the answer is D. The only thing I see here is that by saying "still evident" when speaking of looking at photographs implies that the pics have the ability to change. If you rephrased the sentence without "still" and just had evident, you'd have less confusion about whether you were talking about the past state of the pictures or rather that of the volcano itself.</p>
<p>I picked E, but the correct answer is A. I think "When" should be changed to "While".</p>
<p>transform into is a correct idiom</p>