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<p>I have a few questions. These questions came from a Kaplan book...</p>

<p>1) W exercise:</p>

<p>Is the following a sentence?</p>

<p>"Kirby decided to attend his sister's recital though he had a scheduling conflict that evening, a volleyball scrimmage."</p>

<p>The book says it is a perfectly fine sentence, but I thought the comma at the end should be a colon. </p>

<p>2) W Question:</p>

<p>For many an inspirational writer, being free to create is more important than having a lot of money.
(A) being free to create is more important
(B) having freedom of creation is more important
(C) there is more importance in the freedom to create
(D) freedom to create has more importance
(E) to have the freedom to create is more important</p>

<p>The answer is A. </p>

<p>Why is the answer A? Why can't it be B?</p>

<p>3) CR Question:</p>

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... Landowska's deep understanding of Baroque music informed every aspect of her performance. Those few of her contemporaries who performed Baroque works did so as though playing contemporary piano works in a weighty, overwrought manner, with much use of the pedal and the weight of the arms. By contrast, Landowska played with a light, extremely florid touch, with a focus on finger articulation. ...

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<p>The discussion of Landowska's contemporaries in the underlined text serves primarily to:
(A) emphasize the innovative nature of Landowska's approach
(B) describe how they approached playing Baroque music
(C) emphasize how Landowska transformed Baroque music
(D) explain how Landowska's playing style matched that of her contemporaries
(E) convey the extent to which Landowska's playing was influenced by them</p>

<p>So I crossed out C, D, and E right away. I was left with A and B. Both answers seem right to me...</p>

<p>The answer is A. Is that only because A is a much better answer choice than B or is B wrong somehow?</p>

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<p>for number 1 - semicolon is only used when an independent clause is following it a.k.a. the words following the semicolon should be able to stand alone as a sentence.</p>

<p>peace</p>

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<p>@LilBallerx8 No not a semicolon, a colon</p>

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<p>1) A comma is fine. The comma is doing its job of joining an independent clause with a dependent clause. A colon is similarly acceptable.</p>

<p>2) A Barron’s book told me to pick the more concise answer of two answers that appear equally correct. Thus, A would be the answer here. </p>

<p>3) The underlined portion creates a contrast between Landowska’s style (described in the preceding sentence). Thus, A is an acceptable answer. </p>

<p>B is also acceptable, but it is perhaps a little too narrow of an answer - it doesn’t account for the rhetorical effect of deliberating creating such a contrast between Landowska’s style and the style of her contemporaries. </p>

<p>I need the whole passage to answer your question conclusively.</p>

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<p>I have a tip for you. Do not use Kaplan’s book! When I used it, I can’t even tell you how many mistakes I found. Often, they would repeat the same questions two or three times! </p>

<p>I did not use this, but refer to the Blue Book. It is supposedly a much more accurate representation. </p>

<p>Help me out! </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1192743[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=1192743&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Hahahahaha funny thing is I remember this passage from the Kaplan book. Was it about the Polish musician?</p>

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<p>My parents signed me up for a Kaplan class in March, so I thought I’d just get whatever I could out of it :)</p>