<p>So Ive been doing the Princeton Review Sat Practice tests, and unfortunately, I have been extremely disappointed. Can someone please explain to me how these writing answers are right?</p>
<p>1) The American and the Bostonians are two Henry James novels of whom film versions have been as successful as their books.</p>
<p>PR says this is the correct form of the sentence:
The American and the Bostonians are two Henry James novels, the film versions of which have been as successful as the book versions.</p>
<p>2) Armando was surprised by the film because he thought not only that it was entertaining but that it raised provocative questions as well.</p>
<p>PR's answer
Armando was surprised by the film because he thought that it was entertaining but it also raised provocative questions</p>
<p>3) The adage you can catch flies with more honey than vinegar is often invoked with respect to business and politics.
PR's answer
The adage that you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar is often invoked with respect to business and politics. </p>
<p>For 3, doesnt that change the meaning of the sentence? I chose:
The adage you can catch flies with honey much than with vinegar...</p>
<p>Can someone explain how these answers are right, or if they arent right?</p>
<p>1)The American and the Bostonians are two Henry James novels of whom film versions have been as successful as their books. This is incorrect because whom is used as a pronoun for a person. Since The American and The Bostonians are books, of which should be used. There are a few other errors with the sentence, but “whom” is the most clear. Even if the sentence said “The American and the Bostonians are two Henry James novels of which film versions have been as successful as their books,” the sentence would still be incorrect because there is no need for the of+pronoun, a simple whose would suffice. The American and the Bostonians are two Henry James novels whose film versions have been as successful as their books.</p>
<p>2)I don’t know the exact rules for this one, but it definitely sounds wrong to me. Most of the time not only comes before the verb, so: “he not only thought”…Also, “that” used the second time feels unnecessary. </p>
<p>3)Yes that does change the meaning of the sentence, but to one that is grammaticality correct and uses “adage” properly. An “adage” is not something you can catch flies with so if you thought that it was, I can definitely see how the question would be confusing. “Adage” basically means proverb, so if you substitute that in the sentence it will be much easier to see the difference.
“The adage you can catch flies with more honey than vinegar is often invoked with respect to business and politics.” That is the only part of the sentence you should pay attention to. The writer is trying to say that you can catch more flies by using honey than you can catch by using vinegar. The sentence you chose isn’t really clear in it’s meaning and is missing a few prepositions. If you had thought that adage was like a net, then this is how the sentence would have been wrong. "The adage you can catch flies with more honey than vinegar…"You catch flies with a net. So taking that into account, the sentence now reads like a bunch of fragments. The adage you can catch flies with…more honey than vinegar…</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>