December 2010 ACT English Discussion

<p>whiff was the answer</p>

<p>Although this issue is overplayed by now, I still think whiff does work in context. Is it awkward? Sure. But is it grammatically acceptable? I certainly think so.</p>

<p>Add me to Team Aroma, even thought I put down Whiff as an answer lol</p>

<p>Team Aroma for me. Aroma is just positive, and a whiff is a type of smell, it’s a small smell…I think.
S-Turtle probably couldn’t tell you unless he knew the exact context…</p>

<p>@ las aguilas para vida: I agree with all of those answers</p>

<p>Team Aroma:
Mastablasta
To the top
WongTongTong
Parhaity</p>

<p>Team Whiff:
ACT Tester
Mayday Parade (good band)
Tennis
IAstudent
aa2011
Eagles</p>

<p>Yeah I like the explanations for aroma. I’m not fighting for whiff or anything… just praying that it is right lol</p>

<p>Team Whiff-- and was the answer to one of them mildly flimsy.</p>

<p>Whiff was used incorrectly lol. I’m getting exasperated…</p>

<p>ACT would you care to explain why or how it was used incorrectly, from a grammatical point of view?</p>

<p>My interpretation was that aroma’s pleasant smell connotation was more wrong than whiff’s short lasting connotation thus I picked aroma.</p>

<p>

Ok, I don’t remember the exact sentence but whiff was used as a verb in a place where it was supposed to be a noun. Forget the connotation of aroma for a second. Since the answer asked which choice would NOT work rather than which choice would LEAST work, the answer was whiff because aroma could still work despite being a poor choice.</p>

<p>"@ las aguilas para vida: I agree with all of those answers " WongTong</p>

<p>who are u refering you?</p>

<p>IF whiff was used as a verb, I 100% agree that whiff was the answer. However, I don’t believe that whiff was used as a verb in that context.</p>

<p>@Eagle, I was referring to you, that’s your name in spanish lol (fail :stuck_out_tongue: ).</p>

<p>-whiff
-mildly flimsy
-who(2)
-keep the farm
-celebration of</p>

<p>i get 36, yes?</p>

<p>There was also another question with glared, sparkled, glittered, shone, etc and it asked which cannot be used? I put shone b/c it’s not past tense as the others were. Isn’t “shined” past tense?</p>

<p>^no you got a 37.</p>

<p>I put glared.</p>

<p>-shone
definitely</p>

<p>@yale.
i think i put shone too</p>

<p>

Quite possibly.

I’m pretty sure it was glared for that one. There were two questions: one had the answer glared and the other had the answer shining.</p>