<p>Just something I noticed during the test lo</p>
<p>Second question part C</p>
<p>"Draw and label another line on the graph to predict if the concentration of the a-amylase WAS doubled."</p>
<p>Shouldn't it be "were" because this is a subjunctive with the "if".</p>
<p>Yes, the subjunctive is needed. One of the many mistakes I noticed while taking the AP tests. They frequently modify gerunds with non-possessive pronouns. Moreover, they had a mis-modifying prepositional phrase on the Psychology test.</p>
<p>why so serious? If CB could communicate the same message clearly, i see no point discussing about nitpicky errors that CB makes. The ones that you should see are errors in content.</p>
<p>^ The College Board cannot expect students to identify errors on the SAT Writing section if it fails to observe the same rules. While this error may not have tripped up many students (though it did make me reread the sentence several times), the habit of incorrect grammar inhibits clear communication.</p>
<p>hahaha CB fail</p>
<p>I’m all for the “f**k the system” approach to CB, but why does this even matter. We’re the ones who choose to take these tests. They can misspell whatever and use improper grammar whenever they want to, it’s not like it’ll change our scores. The important thing is that everyone is at the same advantage/disadvantage. That’s why the scoring system is subjective to national performance levels and not a static scoring guide. Keep on being critical, but don’t waste your time on CB, especially when you know they control basically everything about college entrance. </p>
<p>Now if it was something larger than grammar, I would not advise such a passive approach. However, being that it is such a simple error, I wouldn’t bother. </p>
<p>Just my opinion.</p>
<p>TCB - A bunch of hypocrits</p>
<p>*hypocrites. lol</p>
<p>Silverturtle//the fact that you are using improper grammar makes you kind of a hypocrite, as you can see in this part:
“…subjunctive is needed. One of the many mistakes I noticed while taking the AP tests.”</p>
<p>Second “sentence,” or more correctly put, clause, is a fragment, which conveys only an incomplete thought. 
Just notifying you… SIMPLE grammar mistakes committed by you and the CB does not really make a difference. In fact, it has really little to do with communicating the information. So I say that let’s get over with this rambling. Even the testers are humans, and they deserve the right to commit mistakes every once in a while.</p>
<p>^ It is grammatical to use a sentence fragment for stylistic effect. From <a href=“http://www.cliffsnotes.com/Section/When-is-it-okay-to-use-sentence-fragments-.id-305408,articleId-27213.html[/url]:”>http://www.cliffsnotes.com/Section/When-is-it-okay-to-use-sentence-fragments-.id-305408,articleId-27213.html:</a></p>
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<p>But there is really no point in “correcting” my grammar, though I welcome it because I like to respond. :)</p>
<p>Still, it is rather a poetic quality. Moreover it is grammatically wrong.</p>
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<p>I am sure there are hundreds of thousands of instances in which sentence fragments were used in well-edited books.</p>
<p>Let’s go back to the question asked: are you still going to backstab CB for incorrectly using a subjunctive, when you are supposed to employ the technique? Do you wish to revoke that question as to affect a lot of scores? Many, many students worldwide take the AP exams and chances are, they overlook these kinds of arbitrary mistakes. For example, my friend’s school overseas is a pretty average public school and has had 50 students taking AP Bio. I asked if any one of those cared about it. He just found out that there was an error in “subjunctive mood” and didnt know that he was paying particular attention to it. It all boils down to whether if the excerpt conveys the meaning, rather than the correct syntax. Otherwise, there are more serious problems in the CB Free responses such as the AP Chem’s XeO4, a compound which I believe its Scoring Guidelines had the wrong Lewis Dot Formula.</p>
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<p>Grammar is the foundation for communication.</p>
<p>It is not, in reality, because millions of speakers take formal English grammar for granted in their colloquial speeches.</p>
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<p>Who asked that question, and when did I indicate that I would “backstab” the College Board?</p>
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<p>You need to take a linguistics class. From [What</a> is Structural Grammar?](<a href=“What is Structural Grammar? (with pictures)”>What is Structural Grammar? (with pictures)):</p>
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<p>Gruh, I am totally out of this matter, but your arrogance really surprised me that there are actually some people who are obsessed about very formal rules, guided by the College Board. Right now it is 1:40 in the morning, and I do not wish to continue debating this anymore, but most of us would all choose to go normal and commit some mistakes in a while rather than being utterly systematic, without any errors, and look pathetic like a mindless robot.</p>
<p>Therefore I announce GG. This thread… it’s all yours, take it all and I don’t really care. Go mess with it and I am sure that no one cares because… well no one actually gave a crap about what the CB was doing.
Please remember: your argument so far comprised of only grammar rules, yet did not contain anything about content.
Lastly, if you feel so indignified about this arbitrary error, then go talk with CB and see if you can mess up the scores of several thousands of people who actually had taken the exam. Good luck :)</p>
<p>maybe shouldnt be worry about grammar here because this is forum. cb needs have good grammar because they big company that have millions of tests taken every year.</p>