2009 PSAT Scores and Discussion

<p>No. It was “to build”. idk why though.
The sentence was parallel in every grammatical sense.</p>

<p>simplifiy the sentece: i suggest to build a boat, i suggest building a boat, second obviously sound better</p>

<p>^it’s called grammar for a reason.</p>

<p>yeah feel no shame i’ll be happy with a 200. NJ curve sucks its so high. it should be a national cutoff. Why should someone from West Virginia with a 200 get nmsf over NJ with 220. (although i doubt WV even has any nmsf qualifiers) haha. im ohio 213 too high for me.</p>

<p>So “to build” was correct in that it’s the answer or that it’s grammatically correct?</p>

<p>And, there is no way that “explanation of” is grammatical. It has to be “explanation for”; I have completely convinced myself of this over the last month.</p>

<p>lol silverturtle apparently CB disagrees</p>

<p>yea silvert i was so sure explanation of was wrong, making it the correct answer</p>

<p>^Silverturtle: He meant that “to build” was the correct choice, and that it was to grammar mistake in the sentence.</p>

<p>“Silverturtle: He meant that “to build” was the correct choice, and that it was to grammar mistake in the sentence.”</p>

<p>I don’t agree, but I won’t argue; that what I put. :)</p>

<p>■■■ - resentment? really? – ugh</p>

<p>What do you mean you don’t agree?</p>

<p>anyone know other ambiguous cr something like “less important” vs “less impressive”. i hope i didn’t just make that up but idk.</p>

<p>When I picked “to build” as the answer, it was the result of a failure to rigorously apply grammatical rules; I went by sound. Ever since, I’ve been thinking that I was wrong.</p>

<p>Based on my research over the last month, I was convinced that “explanation of” indicated a description of an event or situation. “explanation for,” I thought, indicates why something occured. If I remember the context correctly, the latter definition is more fitting.</p>

<p>wait, was ‘to build’ grammatically incorrect, making it the right answer? or grammatically correct, making it a wrong answer?</p>

<p>Can anyone find a source that supports the College Board’s position on the “explanation of” question?</p>

<p>^^^^agree. i guess this test shows cb isn’t picky about prepositions since this and “at the center” were deemed correct.</p>

<p>Sorry… Are scores coming online or have you all gotten them from school?</p>

<p>^^^^ only a few people have gotton them and we’re all jealous.</p>

<p>So are they slowly releasing them online, or did they get them from school?</p>

<p>They got them from school. One needs the access code imprinted on the paper score report in order to access the scores online.</p>