<p>In contrast to to his confident proclamations, the politician's facial expression implicated that he was not unconcerned about the budget's viability. No error</p>
<p>Just how many errors are there in this sentence?</p>
<p>“Contrast” + “Confident” = “Not” + “Unconcerned”</p>
<p>Probably because by changing either “was not” or “unconcerned” would ungrammatically change the meaning of the sentence.</p>
<p>Still a weird question. I thought every double negative sentence on the SAT was wrong.</p>
<p>Not unconcerned= concerned.
Double negatives I think this is called?</p>
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<p>It’s not an official SAT question, so basically there are 2 possibilities:</p>
<p>1) There are 3 errors in this sentence. Thus, the question is invalid.
2) The double negative is grammatically correct in this context.</p>
<p>Thanks for the comments :)! I’m just going to wait for silverturtle to elucidate this matter … ;).</p>
<p>1)politican’s facial expressions=he
2) to to
3)confident proclamations=facial expression</p>
<p>The “main” problem with the question is the word “implicated”. It is not used correctly in the sentence.</p>
<p>Meriam Webster has this definition:</p>
<p>implicated past participle, past tense of im·pli·cate (Verb)
- Show (someone) to be involved in a crime: “police implicated him in more killings”.
- Bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, esp. a criminal or harmful one): “he is heavily implicated in the bombing”. </p>
<p>The word that is required in the sentence is most likely “implied”.</p>
<p>Meriam Webster has this definition</p>
<p>implied past participle, past tense of imply
Verb: Strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated): “the report implies that two million jobs might be lost”. </p>
<p>There are cases where a “double negative” is an accepted part of formal speech, and although this particular sentence may not be the best example of that use my sense is that it is still right. </p>
<p>Typically the use adds a level of subtlety or complexity to an action or behavior. For example, we can say about a friend who appeared to behave badly: He is not an uncaring person. His intentions are usually good. And another example: My friend was not unconcerned about the safety of the wild horses, and yet he drove carelessly through the state park where they roamed.</p>
<p>I think the first 2 underlined sections (“In contrast to” and “implicated”) are more clearly erroneous than the double negative.</p>