<p>hi, i have some questions regarding the writing section, could anyone help me solve them please? quick replies are much appreciated as i will be sitting for the SAT mock test next monday!thank you in advance to those who offer their help!</p>
<li> After i realized last summer that no one could see through my mirrored glasses, i WEAR them everywhere.
*why is the WEAR wrong? i think since i still wear it now, it should be correct?</li>
<li> Is it true that team and audience can use either is or are?</li>
<li> The main purpose of his actions is -(build or building?) a new school.</li>
<li> in the kaplan book pg 288 question 18, why cant A be the answer?</li>
<li> His dilemma was LIKE MANY OTHER young writers. Why are the capitalized words wrong?</li>
<li> Which is true? a) It is me or It is I?
b) On my mind or In my mind?</li>
<li> What does ’ it is not what we don’t know that gets us into trouble as much as the thing we do know that just aren’t so mean?</li>
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<p>The following is taken from the collegeboard the official SAT study guide.
pg 416 (22) why is C(prevents) correct? shouldn’t it be ‘that prevents’?
pg 417 (29) why is A wrong?
pg 479 (16) why is C the answer?</p>
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<li>After i realized last summer that no one could see through my mirrored glasses, i WEAR them everywhere.
*why is the WEAR wrong? i think since i still wear it now, it should be correct?</li>
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<p>"wear" has to agree with "realized", because with "after", the main verb should be momentary, ie, it describes an action, NOT a state.
If you want to emphasize on a state, use "since" instead "after":
Since I realized last summer that no one could see through my mirrored glasses, I have been wearing them everywhere.</p>
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<li><p>Is it true that team and audience can use either is or are?
Yes, depending on the situation.</p></li>
<li><p>The main purpose of his actions is -(build or building?) a new school.
"to build" is better than "building"</p></li>
<li><p>in the kaplan book pg 288 question 18, why cant A be the answer?
Don't have the book.</p></li>
<li><p>His dilemma was LIKE MANY OTHER young writers. Why are the capitalized words wrong?
A dilemma can't be like "writers", because dilemma cannot be compared with people.</p></li>
<li><p>Which is true? a) It is me or It is I?
b) On my mind or In my mind?
a) I would say "it is I" is gramatically correct, while "it is me" is not. But it is more common to say "it is me". Personally I don't think this will appear on SAT writing...too controversal
b) On my mind. Not sure whether "in my mind" also works.</p></li>
<li><p>What does ' it is not what we don't know that gets us into trouble as much as the thing we do know that just aren't so mean?</p></li>
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<p>it is not /what we don't know/ that/ gets us into trouble/ as much as/ the thing we do know that just aren't so.</p>
<p>This sentence means: what we know (when the truth is different from what we know) gets us into trouble more than what we do not know.</p>
<p>This sentence sucks :(</p>
<p>Please point out whatever I said wrong. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Keep going...
pg 416 (22) why is C(prevents) correct? shouldn't it be 'that prevents'?</p>
<p>"has questioned the view that" is followed by a complete sentence, as "that" introduces an subordinate clause. So "prevents" serves as a verb in this subordinate clause.</p>
<p>pg 417 (29) why is A wrong?</p>
<p>I need help with this one, too. Please help! But here is my understanding:
The content following "Contrasting with" has to point out what is being compared. For instance, it is correct to say "Contrasting with the blue bedcover, the curtain next to it is yellow", but it is not correct to say "Contrasting with the bed cover, the curtain next to it is yellow."
As the sentence does not point out how the "most other fifteenth-century rulers" is contrasted with "Portuguese kings", it is better to say "different from" or something like that.
Anyway, this is only my guess.</p>
<p>original sentence: contrasting with most other fifteenth - century tulers. Portuguese kings could count on the support of the aristocracy in any overseas ventures.</p>
<p>pg 479 (16) why is C the answer?
It should be "the only one of its kind" instead of "a kind." Apparently "kind" here refers to a specific type of that living coral, so the indefinite article "a" here is inappropriate.</p>
<p>It should be "In contrast to". Also, contrasting with is a modifier, modifying Portuguese Kings. This makes it sound like Portuguese kings are contrasting themselves with other rules, which is extremely absurd.</p>
<p>honestly, you need to study some more grammar.
i skim through some of the sentences u wrote, alot of them are common-must know-for-sat. His dilemma was LIKE MANY OTHER young writers.
this is obvious, you really need to see y those sentnces are wrong. because faulty comparisons pops up alot.</p>
<p>i disagree, team and audience is regarded as singular in SAT. i've never come across a collective noun that is regarded as plural.</p>
<p>^ listen to Ren the SAT'er regarding the collective nouns on SAT. He sounds more experienced.
But I do remember seeting sample sentences in grammar books that have audience/group regarded as plural. I looked up the issue a couple years ago. It took some research to find them, though. I'll come back with it when I'm able to find that agian.
Nevertheless, I would go with singular if SAT sets its "testing rule" as such, though I think the intention will be VERY obvious when such words, if ever, come to plural.</p>
<p>The words are never plural, unless you are talking about multiple groups. But one group is never used with plural verbs.</p>
<p>Something like "The audiences in the theaters right now are watching a movie" is correct because it talks about multiple audiences. But the word audience should never be used as a plural word.</p>
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<li>You should use have been wearing.</li>
<li>No its always used with "is."</li>
<li>building</li>
<li>I don't have Kaplan</li>
<li>His dilemma is being compared to people and not to other's dilemmas.
6a. It is I is correct. But no one really talks like that.
6b. Both can be used for different situations.</li>
<li>You need to use quotes for a quote. I can barely understand the sentence. And I think you typed it wrong.</li>
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<p>^ Umm, nah , I was talking about "audience" when referring to a single group of people. If the action is taken on by a whole entity, the verb is singular; there has been occasion where I see an plural verb is applied when the action is carried on more by each individual than by a whole.</p>
<p>Here is some explanation I found by googling it just now:</p>
<p>"Some nouns, like committee, clergy, enemy, group, family, and team,
refer to a group but are singular in form. These nouns are called
collective nouns. In American usage, a collective noun takes a
singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole,
as in The family was united on this question or The enemy is suing for
peace. It takes a plural verb when it refers to the members of the
group considered as individuals, as in My family are always fighting
among themselves or The enemy were showing up in groups of three or
four to turn in their weapons."</p>
<p>Thank you everyone for answering. Here is the kaplan question i mentioned aboved... The question goes like this-EXAMINING THE SALE OFFERS IN THE CATALOGUE, THE PHRASES "while supplies last" and "get it while it's hot" are designed to encourage consumers to order the products immediately.
The choices to replace the capitalized words are (a) the phrases
(b) the slogans
(c) one sees that the phrases
(d) although one saw the phrases
(e) one may have noticed phrases
The answer given is (c), but why not (a)?</p>
<p>Is this sentence correct?-Forest fires are A boon to the forests.</p>
<p>The following sentences are just written by me. Just to focus on the 'plural' and 'singular' verb.
-My friends or Mary is going to the concert.
-Mary as well as her friends is going to the concert.
-Mary, together with her frineds, is going to the concert.</p>
<p>cherry0809: Because the phrases weren't examining the sales offers in the catalogue. It's like this sentence: While playing in the snow, a snowball hit Mark. The snowball wasn't playing in the snow; Mark was, so it should be While playing in the snow, Mark was hit by a snowball.</p>
<p>ya, dchow08, i know about that. what i meant was if i replace the 'EXAMINING THE SALES OFFERS IN THE CATALOGUE, THE PHRASES' to only 'the phrases'(answer a), and the whole sentence now becomes-' the phrases "while supplies last" and "get it while it's hot" are designed to encourage consumers to order the products immediately'. i was wondering why c is the answer instead of a. Thank you for answering anyway! :)</p>
<p>@Wavvy, yeah collective nouns can sometimes be plural. but on the SAT, it's singular, im not 100% sure, but ALL the ones i've seen are singular.
i even read some materials regarding critics of the first march 05 test, arguing that committee] is plural,but SAT wants it singular, so its singular.</p>
<p>i dont think it'll ever be plural on the SAT.
again, that's just what i think.</p>