December 2010 ACT English Discussion

<p>I put aroma because I don’t recall an aroma ever being a nasty smell.</p>

<p>@WingsReborn: is there a reason why you didn’t pick A? Specifying a contribution seems to also improve the logical flow of the paragraph. On the other hand, receiving a medal isn’t a contribution? (more like an accomplishment, if you ask me)</p>

<p>I also got a 35 last time. Ugh I don’t think I got above a 34 this time.</p>

<p>I put whom for both of the questions.</p>

<p>You use who when rerferring to the subject and whom when referring to the object. In the first one about economics and the working class or whatever, it was referring to the social class which was the object of “His” or however the sentence started.</p>

<p>The second one was referring to the object as well.</p>

<p>The aroma debate ensued pages ago, and there was no clear-cut answer. It was mostly divided 50/50. I think it’s aroma, but w/e.</p>

<p>As far as the MoH question, C is the most logical answer. It can’t be B because receiving a medal is not a contribution to anything.</p>

<p>GAH!! I WANT TO KNOW MY SCORE :(</p>

<p>sweetnight: can you explain that a little bit more? I put whom for both answers because I really don’t know when to use it and it seemed like whom was right.</p>

<p>Most people put who, so that’s why I’m asking for more clarification :)</p>

<p>How can you say receiving a medal is not a contribution? Clearly, if he received it, he must have done something worth while. That’s my take and why i think it is B.</p>

<p>^It wasn’t B. It did not provide a specific contribution, rather, if you recall, it gave that he won an award, but did not state his contribution.</p>

<p>I put C.</p>

<p>SimoHaya, you cannot assume anything. The simple fact is it did not provide a specific contribution that he did.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure it did not say “specific contribution.”</p>

<p>^ Yay people who agrees with me! C for Medal of Liberty question.</p>

<p>I will try one more time to make the argument for whiff as being incorrect. You have to look at CONTEXT. “Overwhelming aroma” isn’t necessarily positive, due to the adjective right before it. On the other hand, “overwhelming whiff” is a CONTRADICTION. I don’t know why this is so hard for people to understand. It’s like saying “what an expected surprise”. It makes NO SENSE.</p>

<p>The award sentence was out of place and interrupted the connection between his greatest contribution and the next paragraph which stated it.</p>

<p>His greatest contribution was when he earned the MoH.
That doesn’t make sense. Him winning doesn’t contribute anything to the public.</p>

<p>I don’t think I chose A because IIRC the sentence would’ve made sense without it? I’m not sure though, if anyone can find the passage I’ll be able to check my reasoning. The Medal itself isn’t a contribution per se, but a contribution earned it. I don’t think it’s C because the expectation set up is that there IS some bigger contribution, and without the sentence it wasn’t mentioned.</p>

<p>SimoHaya, so if you believe B to be the right answer, would you mind telling me what his contribution was? I believe I missed that part.</p>

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<p>I believe it was sentence, not paragraph.</p>

<p>question: the second who choice, i thought it was whom because they were receiving the action and not doing the action. I thought it made sense to be whom.</p>

<p>How did the second whom question go again?
I remember putting whom but I don’t remember what on… ha</p>

<p>Was the first one whom without the comma afterward or with? I chose with because it implied the Dallas city workers were in agreement about the spirit or w/e, as opposed to Pei choosing those in agreement. It wasn’t “who” because they were object. Pei listened to whom? To them. Not to they.</p>

<p>The second one I remember being “who” but don’t remember the sentence at all. I seem to recall inserting “he” and it made sense. I could be wrong though.</p>

<p>you are ■■■■■■■■ it was whiff. ive written the act twice in my past and got 33 on the englihs exmas …</p>

<p>@wingsReborn,</p>

<p>for the first “who” question i remember picking no change. no idea if thats what ur talking bout or not
and i got the same as u for the second “who” question.</p>

<p>I think “no change” would leave it with “who.” Choice B was “…whom…”, choice C was “…whom,”, which I chose.</p>

<p>^^^Fail ■■■■■ is fail.</p>

<p>I agree with C, the medal of honor didn’t fit the expectation set up.
I put aroma, but I already said that and explained why.
I went with who for both choices; there’s a rule that you should almost never choose whom on the ACT unless it says “for whom”.</p>

<p>Peace!</p>

<p>yea i put C too good job bud</p>