<p>Pg. 479 #16
Along the curve of islands known as the Florida Keys lies a reef of living coral, the only one of a kind in the continental United States. No Error</p>
<p>Pg. 479 #19
In those cities in which public transportation is adequate, fewer traffic problems occur and pedestrians are rarely involved in accidents. No Error</p>
<p>With the first question, the answer is D (a kind). I knew that there was some redundancy there, but I chose C, because I figured that taking out D would result in "the only one of in the continental US". I'm not sure if the SAT usually does this, where you can take out portions and not care about whats left behind.
With the second question, the answer is E (no error). I put B, since I thought maybe "in which" so change to "where". Also, the "in's" seemed unnecessary with 2 in 4 words. I guess the reasoning here is "those cities" can be like "cities" and "cities in which" is grammatically correct.</p>
<p>I'd appreciate any feedback on these two questions.</p>
<p>479/16.
Even though it is rated E, I find it very tricky, not because I am not a native speaker of English - many English native speaking students stumble on this question.</p>
<p>There are two very similar idioms:
one of a kind
and
one of its kind.
"One of a kind" means unique.
"One of its kind" implies that there is a certain category which combines a number of similar objects, and only one of them is mentioned in the sentence.</p>
<p>Certain reefs of living coral belong to a specific kind, and there is a number of them in different parts of the world, but in the United States there is only one reef of this kind - along the Florida Keys Islands.
A giveaway in this sentence is "THE ONLY ONE", which suggests that there exist more reefs of this particular kind - of "its kind".</p>
<p>There’s a question on the next page that I need help with. Here:
28. The quality of multivitamin tablets is determined by how long its potency can be protected by the manufacturer’s coating material. No error.</p>
<p>More questions (Test 4):
25. The exchange between the teacher and the student promotes learning far different from that which results as the student listens but does not participate. No error. </p>
<p>The error is ‘as’. Can anyone please point out why exactly ‘as’ is incorrect? What is the correct usage of ‘as’?</p>
<p>To those who have the BB, please check 35, too. Why is D incorrect here?</p>
<p>(The exchange between the teacher and the student promotes learning far different from that which results) WHEN (the student listens but does not participate).</p>
<p>Try to get the sentence’s meaning, and not just its grammar.
When students and teachers exchange, they learn well. This learning is better than the learning gained when the student only listens. “as” is the wrong word to use here, better to use “when”</p>
<p>I’m somewhat confused about the correct usage of words like will and would with likely/probably. Consider this:</p>
<ol>
<li>It is likely that the Coen brothers’ latest movie, originally scheduled to be released in time for Thanksgiving, would be postponed until summer because of unforeseen postproduction difficulties. No error.</li>
</ol>
<p>The error in this was ‘would be’. After searching, I came to the conclusion that ‘would’ confers a sense of might be/likely/probably and thus, cannot be used with likely. It should be replaced here with ‘will’ because will probably = would.</p>
<p>That was until I came across this. :S</p>
<ol>
<li>Some of the workers who resent the supervisor’s authority would probably feel uncomfortable if they were to acquire the independence that they demand. No error.</li>
</ol>
<p>I chose ‘would probably’ as the error, but the answer key says this sentence has no error. Can someone please enlighten me on the correct usage of ‘would’ in light of these examples?</p>
<p>For number one, it is the logic of the sentence that prohibits ‘would be’ from being correct. The verb ‘postpone’ is at fault, technically. When you postpone something, you push it to the future, thus the helping verb always needs the future tense. </p>
<p>When you remove a few bits of the sentence, and replace “Coen brothers’ latest movie” with “it”, you should be able more clearly see the contradiction:</p>
<p>It would be postponed until summer…</p>
<p>In the second example, there is not such contradiction.</p>
I was trying to match it with ‘quality’. :p</p>