June 2009 SAT Writing!

<p>I put the “having been” too</p>

<p>i gotta say i agree with phlpsun on this one</p>

<p>yeah guys, i think its a grammar rule to never start a sentence with “due to,”
at least that is what i was told in a practice test</p>

<p>yeah actually the exact def. of “due to” is “caused by,” which wouldnt work at a beginning of a sentence</p>

<p>debate: last question of " were they to be told the purpose of the study, the subjects might not answer spontaneously"</p>

<p>anyone else agree with A?</p>

<p>so i’m probably joining in on this one late, but wasn’t mountain lions no error?
i know some people been saying that it should of been “some of” since mountain lions is plural, but wasn’t the sentence refering to them as a species rather than a group of animals?
i dunno, because of that i thought that “one of” was alright</p>

<p>the last one had to be E, by telling. This is true b/c it is the only one that agrees as far as tense goes. A did not match b/c “were they to be told” should be followed by something like “…they <em>would have</em>…”</p>

<p>So what is our final answer to the mountain lions question?</p>

<p>@ironman
might is a past tense
therefore A works</p>

<p>Due to = caused by.</p>

<p>The question was not looking for this. but if you remember the whole question maybe i can recheck?</p>

<p>The question needed present tense. the second part was in present</p>

<p>On the last question, I believe that E is correct because it is more pithy and concise than A. Am I wrong?</p>

<p>the second part was past…
might is the only clue that indicates tense
“by telling”, as mentioned above, is ambiguous
it’s like the participants did the telling</p>

<p>@Rtgove
tho that is usually true, the most concise doesnt mean it’s right</p>

<p>I thought E was ambigious</p>

<p>Mab-
Lol wierd…I thought A phrased oddly</p>

<p>@Rt
I agree that it was phrased oddly
I didnt really like any but I chose A</p>

<p>Well, I guess we will find in about 2 weeks = D.</p>

<p>What was this? I put no error b/c i though in the “course of writting” took on the meaning “through the process of”</p>

<p>The ? was something like:</p>

<p>In the course of writing something, many old ppl now in their 80s are describing life long ago. </p>

<p>idr which parts were underlined. It seemed all right to me though. Anyone think otherwise?</p>

<p>the question did not say anything about taking courses. The phrase “in the course of” can also mean “in the process of”</p>

<p>so is No Error correct?</p>

<p>wow, i can remember lots of CR and Math questions but these questions just aren’t sticking with me…</p>

<p>essay:
blagojevich
sec of treasury Tim Geithner
madoff
beowulf (kinda worked)</p>

<p>about the essay section, what did you site in your essays?</p>

<p>I used Obama’s book the Audacity of hope and Bill Clinton’s impeachment I hope I answered it right. :/</p>