ACT October 26 FORM 73A English Discussion

<p>Isn’t her name essential though? It didn’t seem like an appositive, so I didn’t put a coma</p>

<p>I didn’t put a comma there either, because I thought her name was essential to the meaning of the sentence. So I agree, jtn8723.</p>

<p>Wait, so it should just be “X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin” not “X-ray crystallographer, Rosalind Franklin”?</p>

<p>I’m so glad all the ones I thought were hard were also the same ones that gave others difficulty.</p>

<p>I put remittance because i didn’t know the meaning of any of the words…</p>

<p>What were the choices for the rendering question…and I put a comma after Crystallographer</p>

<p>There’s no comma…positive…wasn’t an appositive phrase…</p>

<p>please add:</p>

<ol>
<li>respite</li>
<li>hurtle ( not hurdle)</li>
<li>he quipped, in retrospect ironically, (DEBATED)</li>
<li>rendering (what was this one?)
5.popular X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (no commas because it’s essential)
6.popular X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (no question mark)</li>
<li>began serving as an apprentice</li>
<li>“still” not furthermore</li>
<li>women’s rights</li>
<li>blank ink question ( is there a consensus??)</li>
</ol>

<p>Any consensus on the “skill” question?
It was about x-ray crystallography…
“skill, given that the molecule is complex”
or just
“skill”</p>

<p>I believe that I put “skill”. There was something in that sentence that already said that the molecule was complex so I thought adding “given that the molecule is complex” after “skill” would be redundant.</p>

<p>Definitely skill.</p>

<p>Okay cool! :)</p>

<p>I don’t know about the Rosalind Franklin one. I looked over it many times, and it went like “describing her, Rosalind Franklin.” Since there was a period in the end, the essential and non essential things don’t matter, a comma was needed because it was ending the sentence. Does anyone agree?</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure that there was no comma in the “X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin” question. Not too sure of the exact wording of it though.</p>

<p>it was no comma. it was a dependent, dependent (if you put the comma); thus, a comma would of made it incorrect.</p>

<p>If the information on this site is true, I believe a comma is necessary:</p>

<p><a href=“The Most Comma Mistakes - The New York Times”>The Most Comma Mistakes - The New York Times;

<p>The sentence said something along the lines of, “A colleague shared the discovery with x-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin.” However if it said “A colleague shared the discovery with AN x-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin” there would need to be a comma before the word “Rosalind.” The simple fact that there was no article in front of “x-ray crystallographer” makes a comma in front of the words incorrect.</p>

<p>Based on that article^ it seems like it could be either way depending on the very particular wording leading up to her name.</p>

<p>All you have to do is cross out the words “x-ray crystallographer” and the sentence would say: “A colleague shared the discovery with Rosalind Franklin” (which is correct). It would be incorrect if you insert a comma “A colleague shared the discovery with, Rosalind Franklin.”</p>

<p>No comma is needed!</p>

<p>Oh you’re absolutely right. I was just saying that it’s kinda tricky because of the changing rule depending on how the article presents her.</p>

<p>Did you pick an answer that said “because it had many brush strokes” for the question of why eternity was a good first print?</p>