<p>in response to #33, many people DO go out of their way to study vocab, though not just for SATs. Most of those words just don’t show up enough for you to understand the meaning without actually checking it up, or trying to learn new vocab. Also, it also depends on the teachers. I have NEVER learned any grammar. The only grammatical rules I abide by is weather it sounds “right” or not. You can’t really just “pick up” grammar. You have to have learned it, and if your teachers don’t teach you, then you have to take SAT classes, or find other means of learning it. </p>
<p>No matter what, you had to have learned it, it doesn’t come naturally like logical reasoning. </p>
<p>and while the “ability to pick up on these things and apply them when necessary closely correlated with intelligence”, you can’t really pick up something you have never seen before.</p>