2011 January SAT: Writing Section

<p>no, usually writing passages are original</p>

<p>Could we have a consolidated list running for writing?</p>

<p>Coffee tastes bitterly and gives off a burned smell when heated for too long."</p>

<p>shouldnt burned be wrong because its a verb instead o=“burnt” will be a better choice since its an adj?</p>

<p>a participle like burned is still an adjective, just a verbal one. bitterly is awkward compared to bitter.</p>

<p>I don’t remember whether the sentence said burned or burnt. It very well may have said burnt. </p>

<p>The only underlined part I remember for sure is “bitterly.”</p>

<p>for too long was also underlined</p>

<p>@redragon123</p>

<p>It said burned…and it was underlined because I picked that one lol</p>

<p>but now the bitterly one seems more wrong.</p>

<p>bitterly is wrong because it is implying that the coffee is tasting</p>

<p>wait… there was one where I chose “only after reading it several times did I begin to make sense of the poem” was that correct? or does it convey a sense that i made sense of the poem after reading myself several times.</p>

<p>“Only after reading it several times did I begin to make sense of the poem” was correct.</p>

<p>One of the other options was something like “Only after reading it several times did the poem begin to make sense to me,” but that implies that the poem was doing the reading, not the person.</p>

<p>@Interficio</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure that your choice was right. The only other “good” option was “Only after reading it several times did the poem begin to make sense to me.”</p>

<p>Your choice, however, conveys “I began to make sense of the poem after reading it several times,” which is correct.</p>

<p>“Coffee tastes bitterly and gives off a burned smell when heated for too long”</p>

<p>^Am I going crazy? I remember it being badly. But, I guess that would make badly incorrect as well.</p>

<p>what was the first of the two consecutive one about again??</p>

<p>Have we come to a consensus regarding “little to no” vs “little or no” yet? I feel like both would be correct (just do a google search) but I’m not completely sure.</p>

<p>Also, I swear that in the revising paragraphs passage, it was better to add a semicolon…</p>

<p>for the last identifying error, was “consiousness” incorrect because it should be conscience.</p>

<p>What was the context of the sentence?</p>

<p>@OSUBuckEyes</p>

<p>There was another choice with “did” in the “Only after reading the poem blah blah” sentence?</p>

<p>(****).</p>

<p>@sunnycw6 That was it, bitterly was the error.</p>

<p>What was the answer for the question in section 10 that went somewhere along the lines of: “…knowing he was guilty _________ for leniency.”</p>

<p>was it “yet hoping”? “yet hoped”?</p>

<p>I can’t remember the exact choices…</p>

<p>I know the most glaring error came before then rover, but I can’t remember it… vp: the other choice was “did the poem begin making sense to me”, but that’s more convoluted than “did I begin to make sense of the poem”</p>