<p>The bird rehabilitator begins by determining which
feather has been damaged. On each wing, all flighted
birds, having ten primary flight feathers, each one shaped
(68)slight different. . </p>
<p>question:68. F. NO CHANGE G. slight differently. H. slightly differently. J. slightly more different.
I chose G since it sounds closer to slightly different.
Answer is H.... I am confused.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance. May God bless you all on the September exam and/or college app process.</p>
<p>“Different” is an adjective. It modifies nouns. “Shape” is a verb. It needs to be modified by an adverb. “Differently” is an adverb. We often use “different” as an adverb in casual speech, which is probably why it sounds more correct to you.</p>
<p>@WasatchWriter thanks, would you please explain to me why two adverbs such as slightly and differently can be place together without a conjunction? For example, if a sentence is constructed as the following
John performed each of his feat amazingly wonderfully. Isnt strange to have two adverbs together.</p>
<p>It is not grammatically strange. Perhaps you are assuming that adverbs modify verbs only? In fact they can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. “very well” is an example of an adverb modifying another adverb that you probably run into every day. In the sentence you posted, “amazingly” does not modify “performed”; it modifies “wonderfully.” In the ACT sentence, “slightly” tells us how “differently” the feathers are shaped. “slightly and differently” would have a whole other meaning.</p>
<p>That said, two polysyllabic “-ly” words coming in sequence often sounds awkward, as in the case of “amazingly wonderfully.” Perhaps that is the strangeness you hear.</p>
<p>@wasatchwriter thanks </p>
<p>I have another English problem here…</p>
<p>These animal figures were covered with colorful paper and filled with seeds, rather than candy or toys 33(as is customary today)
33 a. No change
B. Like they do today
I narrowed down my choices to 2, but I chose b instead of the correct answer.
The answer key was vague, it said b was wrong because it’s ambiguous. ?</p>
<p>B is wrong because “they” is undefined.</p>
<p>Presumably it means the manufacturers, but they are not mentioned in the sentence.</p>
<p>I noticed one difference between act and sat is that act does not emphasize parallelism. For example, one English problem is like the following
You can follow the rules in school for your benefits, or (use) the rules for others’ benefits.
I thought ( you can use) was a better usage.
@theskittlebug thanks </p>
<p>The above question’s preceding sentence that you had helped me with was some historians believe that modern was created centuries ago in China, where most of them were made to resemble animals.
I thought “they” are referred to animal figures.
@theskittlebug</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>Each feather is shaped differently. How or to what extent is it shaped differently? Slightly. Each feather is shaped slightly differently. In short, differently modifies shaped and slightly modifies differently</p>
<p>@austin23 could you help me with another problem?</p>
<p>some historians believe that modern version of piñata was created centuries ago in China, where most of them were made to resemble animals. These animal figures were covered with colorful paper and filled with seeds, rather than candy or toys 33(as is customary today)
33 a. No change
B. Like they do today
I thought they were referred to animal figures .</p>
<p>I don’t know why this problem below does not follow parallelism.
You can decorate picture frames with buttons for seamstress mother, or 52(you can use)nut and bolts for your brother.
The correct answer is (use). I know it’s shorter and concise, but isn’t better to have parallelism in the above sentence?</p>