March 2012 SAT I Writing Thread

<p>The sentence said bring to her profession not brought to her profession. Still not sure what the answer is.</p>

<p>I really don’t think it said bring, sorry.</p>

<p>^seconded. Read the rest of the thread.</p>

<p>any consensus on the chandelier q? I put “Its” (A) personally.</p>

<p>^ There is no error in this sentence. This construction is called ‘forward (anticipatory) reference’, or cataphora. See, for example,
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/955109-silverturtles-guide-sat-admissions-success.html#post10765549[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/955109-silverturtles-guide-sat-admissions-success.html#post10765549&lt;/a&gt; (scroll down about a third of the page to the paragraph Anaphora.)
We’ve got a winner - Lanayru! :D</p>

<p>Anybody remembers what this question’s number was?</p>

<p>wahoo! And I did get some people to check it (2200+ SAT friends, lit teacher, etc.) and most said E, but it’s probably not enough to convince everyone :0</p>

<p>I remember it was on the RIGHT page. On that page, there were two columns of ID errors, and the question was on the RIGHT-most column. On that column, it was the 2nd/3rd question about of 5-ish? Hopefully this gives a number range…</p>

<p>did anyone have a question about FDR and his wife, I am thinking it was experimental? Also what would be a -2 MC and an 8 essay be? thanks</p>

<p>and the answer was ‘upon arrival’ to the 2nd to last MC writing question…</p>

<p>@Drak
Don’t remember some of the questions so skim the thread.
and… you should READ THE THREAD because “When one arrives” is the correct answer.</p>

<p>does anyone remember that question that was identifying errors that went something…well, all I remember from it is that I thought that it was incorrect for “whose” to follow an inanimate object and so I put that as the answer. Is it grammatically correct to have that in a sentence?</p>

<p>@uh
read the thread for the exact question. “whose” is OK with the inanimate object lipstick.
[Grammar</a> Girl : Whose for Inanimate Objects :: Quick and Dirty Tips](<a href=“http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/whose-for-inanimate-objects.aspx]Grammar”>http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/whose-for-inanimate-objects.aspx)</p>

<p>This was asked before, but never answered</p>

<p>Did anyone get an answer that used a colon (:). I was in between this answer and another one that used a conjunction (and). The one with the colon sounded smoother, and it didn’t seem to have any errors. But I’ve also read that on the SATs that any answer with a colon as opposed to a conjunction is usually not the answer… What did everyone else get?</p>

<p>The only thing left to be debated is the amount of no errors. Some of you guys are saying you got three, bike lane, Its and room, mythical folktale author.</p>

<p>But I got 4. </p>

<p>1.Bike lane
2.Its and room
3.Mythical folktale author</p>

<ol>
<li>Japanese bullet trains</li>
</ol>

<p>The sentence went like this</p>

<p>Japanese bullet trains, (dependent clause with unecessary info), KEEP (Plural verb) blah
blah blah.</p>

<p>What do you guys think.</p>

<p>@eagles I think the bullet trains question had “KEEPS” instead of “KEEP” but I’m probably wrong. </p>

<p>BTW, what do you think -5 and a 8 essay would be?</p>

<p>@iwannaSUCCEED</p>

<p>I got -6 and an 8essay on the January - that was a 640. I thought it was a harsh curve</p>

<p>I took the 3/10/12 SAT, missed 3 out of 49 questions, and only got a MC score of 69</p>

<p>bump, today’s international was the exact same. It’s pretty crazy that they reuse the entire test as is.</p>

<p>were there a lot of C’s on this test for sentence errors?</p>

<p>For the 35q writing section there was the bunny question which “didn’t enjoy to be held”. Was that incorrect or correct?</p>

<p>And also, the girl who played her guitar that “so annoyed” her neighbors that they did something. Was that a no error or was there an issue w/ the “so annoyed”?</p>

<p>For the CR section w/ Dutta - did you guys settle on that US was a disappointment to her or her grandkids?</p>

<p>Oh and also on CR, the moral of the story about Poseidon - I think I was caught btwn. power can lead to unhappiness or jobs aren’t supposed to be amusing.</p>

<p>&on the math section w/ the 3 lines that intersected, how many of the angles would be greater than 90 but less than 180?</p>