<p>Hey guys, I was answering one of the questions that you get from college board everyday. And I dont understand how college board says this right...(the bolded </p>
<p>Ancient Greeks believed in giants—mythic heroes and semihuman creatures, they are many times the size of ordinary folk.</p>
<p>A) creatures, they are
B) creatures, and they were
C) creatures, and
D) creatures;
E) creatures </p>
<p>Answer: E</p>
<p>Correct!</p>
<p>Here's Why:
Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the comma splice error of the original by removing unnecessary words and punctuation.</p>
<p>Question Type: Improving Sentences</p>
<p>But How is this right? If you say "Ancient Greeks believed in giants—mythic heroes and semihuman creatures they are many times the size of ordinary folk" It just completely sounds and most probably is a run-on. I initally was confused but my best bet would have been choice D. Please help a future SAT taker</p>
<p>In other words, the correct sentence is "Ancient Greeks believe in giants--mythic heroes and semihuman creatures many times the size of ordinary folk."</p>
<p>"many times the size of ordinary folk" is adjectival clause modifying "heroes" and "creatures."</p>
<p>So, if I am confused on tough writing questions, such as this, will this "rearranging" technique always work? So the particular answer choice you choose does not need to perfectly fit in with the orignal sentence provided with the question right, you can rearrange the sentence most/all of the time...?</p>
<p>"So the particular answer choice you choose does not need to perfectly fit in with the orignal sentence provided with the question right, you can rearrange the sentence most/all of the time...?"</p>
<p>Your mistake is that you left in "they are" in your reworked sentence. You're completely removing "creatures, they are" and with choice E you are replacing it with just "creatures." There's no run-on sentence here, and no special tricks.</p>
<p>Thanks, I got my mistake for the writing. Thanks all for helping me, but....i have another question (math). Check this...</p>
<p>A line segment containing the points (0, 0) and (12, 8) will also contain the point</p>
<p>A) (2, 3)
B) (2, 4)
C) (3, 2)
D) (3, 4)
E) (4, 2) </p>
<p>Colleboard's Answer: The slope of the line containing the points (0, 0) and (12, 8) is , or . If (x, y) is another point on this line segment, then x and y must satisfy = , or y = x. Of the five choices, (3, 2) is the only point for which y = x. </p>
<p>My Strategy/Trick: I am not sure this will work everytime: All I did was 12/8 and reduced it and came up with 3/2 or (3,2) as my answer. Took around 4-5 seconds and right. But does it work everytime? </p>
<p>There are few questions like this or that somehow go through this process so I think using my "trick" would work right?</p>
<p>I did the problem that you asked and here's how I did it.
First of all, i'm sure you're already aware of this but when you're taking the slope of anything be sure that you're doing (y1-y2)/(x1-x2) and NOT the other way around. For the slope I got 2/3 from (8-0)/(12-0)= 8/12, NOT 12/8. When you reduce it then it becomes 2/3.
okay after you get the slope and looking back on the points the y-intercept must be 0. So the equation becomes y=2/3x. Simple enough. Now, whenever I come across a math problem such as this I usually start with the middle and try to eliminate my choices from there. So i picked (3,2), plugged those in into the y=2/3x. when x is 3, then y does equal 2, so that answer should be right.</p>
<p>"My Strategy/Trick: I am not sure this will work everytime: All I did was 12/8 and reduced it and came up with 3/2 or (3,2) as my answer. Took around 4-5 seconds and right. But does it work everytime?"</p>
<p>The fact that this worked is a very rare anomaly. It preys on the fact that you start at the origin, in which case, your method does always work.</p>
<p>Another example: (0,0) and (10,20), you'd get 10/20 = 1/2, and (1, 2) is a valid answer.</p>
<p>Ancient Greeks believed in giants—mythic heroes and semihuman creatures, they are many times the size of ordinary folk.</p>
<p>A) creatures, they are------ incorrect because this is a comma splice
B) creatures, and they were---- i can't state it so explicitly with this one but the rhythm seems off(usually you link two clauses with a comma and a conjuction)
C) creatures, and--- again off but i'm no grammar expert so I don't know the terminology for this
D) creatures;----you use a semicolon when you have two indepedent clauses
E) creatures--- sounds most natural to me</p>
<p>well if the points were (0,0) and (10,20) but (1,2) was not an answer, you will have to do a little more work and find different points, like (2,4),(3,6),etc.</p>
<p>For these problems, it's a matter of finding the slope and if necessary the equation of the line. y-k=m(x-h) takes all of 10 seconds. From there it's up to you: plug in answers, draw the line, etc.</p>