<ol>
<li>D (un-idiomatic, "of following" instead)</li>
<li>B (should be "charged with")</li>
<li>A/E (A sounds stylistically better, though I'd choose E since it's supposed to be tricky)</li>
<li>E (correctly compares 18th c architecture to Greek/Roman architecture)</li>
</ol>
<p>D, B, E, C</p>
<p>Those are my guesses. The last one's tough. It's wrong as it is because the word "those" has no antecedent, as far as I can tell.</p>
<p>D <--- parallel structure, incorrect idiom
E <--- guess
A <--- guess
D <--- guess, incorrect comparison</p>
<p>hahaha NO one got them all right.</p>
<p>This was Writing HW for my SAT Class, made up by the instructors I believe. I got these all wrong but they didn't give us an explanation though, just the right answer. Can anyone explain more throughouly why the right answers are right? (below). And do questions of this difficulty appear on the real SAT?</p>
<p>Correct answers:
3. D (parallelism - what should be the right way though?)
7. B (idiom - charged with)
15. E (but the original answer actually sounds right, i don't know why it's E)
20. E (sounds better I guess? anyone know why E is the best answer? shouldn't it be something with "is similar" not "was similar"?)</p>
<p>I think I was the closest... c post 21...</p>
<p>If they were made up by the instructors, I would completely ignore them and not worry about the explanations. Questions like this would probably not appear on the real SAT.</p>
<p>Yeah, those were pretty ridiculous.
I only got 2 of them right, and I scored an 800 on Writing.</p>
<p>D
B
E
C</p>
<p>10 characters</p>
<p>3) D.
7) C.
15) A.
20) E.</p>
<p>the right answers are in post #24</p>
<p>TruthfuLie,
I still find it hard to understand your answers.</p>
<p>First, the first question: </p>
<p>3) The reasons for his looking so young(A) are his low-fat diet,(B) his daily exercise,(C) and his regularity to follow his doctor's recommendations.(D) No Error(E)</p>
<p>You say the error is about paralellism, does it mean that we should also change "recommendations" to "recommendation"? I think if we use plural noun, it's still OK. I can't understand how must we make a change like that?</p>
<p>Second, 7) If I had my way,(A) the driver would be charged for(B) criminal negligence and drunk driving and spend(C) at least a year in jail.(D) No Error(E)</p>
<p>I also think "charged for" is still acceptable if we think that he should be charged because he has done this and this...</p>
<p>Third, 15) Only with careful environmental planning can we protect the world we live in.
A. as it is
B. world in which we live in
C. living in this world
D. world's living
E. world in which we live</p>
<p>IMO, the direction is to choose the best answer, so maybe they want us to choose the "best".</p>
<p>Finally, 20) Eighteenth century architecture, with its columns and balanced lines, was characteristic of those of previous times in Greece and Rome.
A. as it is
B. is similar to characteristics of Greece and Rome
C. is similar to Greek and Roman building styles
D. is characteristic with earlier Greek and Roman architecture
E. was similar to architecture of Greece and Rome</p>
<p>When I first deal with this question, I exclude E because I think that it repeat "architecture", I think it should be: "was similar to that of Greece and Rome", so I'm very surprised at the right answer.</p>
<p>Above is just my opinions, correct me if I'm wrong 'cause I have some confusion about right answers. Hope to receive your ideas.</p>
<p>A (for his young looks)
C (and would spend, must maintain parallelism structure)
E (Fits the best)
D (should be in the present tense since it is talking about 18th century architecture being characteristic of Greek and Roman culture)</p>
<p>As has already been said, correct answers are:</p>
<p>D - should be 'regularity in following'; 'his looking so young' is fine</p>
<p>B - yep, 'charged with'; 'charged for' refers to payment ("How much were you charged for..?")</p>
<p>E - 'world in which we live' brings attention to 'world,' what needs the careful planning; 'world we live in' seems more about the 'we'</p>
<p>E - despite this being a repetitive choice and in past tense, the answers are not A, B, C (building styles doesn't = architecture), or D (should be 'characteristic of')</p>
<p>My personal take on the answers, anyways.</p>
<p>KK, after reading some of your explanations, I think I get it... except the third one. Seems kinda iffy :|</p>
<p>D
C
E
C</p>
<p>Yeah I probably got all those wrong...XD</p>
<p>what's this entire 10 char thing?</p>
<p>lol. the third one is E "world in which we live" because you can't end a sentence with a preposition. "wornd we live IN"</p>
<p>oh yeah. world in which we live in. <-- why would you say in twice lol</p>
<p>I think it's</p>
<p>D
B
E
C</p>
<p>kryptonsa36,
I also agree with you about "regularity in", but I want to know if we should use "regularity of following..."</p>
<p>TruthfuLie,
Can you correct the identifying sentence errors and explain the right answers, please. I really want to know.</p>