June 2009 SAT Writing!

<p>After taking courses of writing, _____ or something</p>

<p>i wasn’t really sure</p>

<p>taking a course of writing</p>

<p>i just remember the course of writing being there</p>

<p>are you guys sure it was “courses of” though? i really don’t remember that at ALL</p>

<p>@specta - is the the old people question?</p>

<p>i’m positive it said courses of</p>

<p>what i wasn’t sure of was whether or not it was a suitable preposition</p>

<p>i dont really either…</p>

<p>i remember going like this</p>

<p>several key club members, now in their eighties are writing stories about what life was like long ago…or something like that haha</p>

<p>i put no error though</p>

<p>it said after a course of writing somewhere after in their eighties</p>

<p>is the “courses of” question the same question as the old people question?</p>

<p>I think I put no error for the old men, too. :x</p>

<p>Yes courses of was in the old people question</p>

<p>I thought it should have said courses in because i’m not familiar with the phrase courses of</p>

<p>well cant u say “courses of study”?</p>

<p>You can say that.</p>

<p>A course of is idiomatically correct. “You are on a course of disaster.” But then again, course in is also correct. “You are taking that course in school.”</p>

<p>well if “courses of” works, doesnt it not matter whether “courses in” works?</p>

<p>Honestly – Both of them sound stupid in the sentence. “Writing courses” would be best.</p>

<p>i said that was right also, but to be fair, you can’t really say “Courses of” when talking about subjects/courses, can you? You’re taking a course IN a subject, not OF a subject</p>

<p>look at this</p>

<p>[Course</a> of English Undefiled - Article Preview - The New York Times](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE0DF1E39E133A25751C1A9679D946395D6CF]Course”>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE0DF1E39E133A25751C1A9679D946395D6CF)</p>

<p>not sure if that helps?</p>

<p>haha…hopefully in 1922 people spoke the same as they do today</p>

<p>That’s really interesting. But that’s also written in 1922. And REALLY advanced for CB! </p>

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<p>You are right. You can’t say “I am taking a course of history.” That just sounds blatantly wrong.</p>

<p>is an 800 possible w/ a 8 essay and 0 grammar wrong?</p>

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<p>I don’t think so… That might be cutting it really close. </p>

<p>I know that on one test an 8 essay with a -1 yielded a 790, though.</p>

<p>btw, was this test considered easy or hard in terms of curve? (in your opinions lol). on jan test, i got one wrong and had a 76 on MC.</p>