May 2010 Writing SAT Thread

<p>had had was cruel. i thought it was “of Mexican descent”, thats definitely an idiomatic error.</p>

<p>was there also a diction error somewhere. for example, i’m pretty sure that Stephen Hawking is a “prominent physicist” and not an “imminent physicist”.</p>

<p>@gummy: it should be most, not more popular</p>

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<p>eminent could work.</p>

<p>^ answer is MOST popular. so more popular was wrong.</p>

<p>which paragraph improvement was the experimental, aircrafts or the guy who had a brother good at yo-yo</p>

<p>^ from mexican descent is wrong, i agree it should be ‘of’ also. </p>

<p>and yeah i put imminent as wrong. Not sure what shoudl replace it but i know in context imminent didnt really make sense.</p>

<p>@ btangbang…the writing multiple choice section with the brother who was good at yo-yo (well, technically it was juggling, but who’s counting) was the scored section; the other one was experimental. This imminent/eminent word choice question you’re discussing must also have been on the experimental; it was not a part of the juggling brother section.</p>

<p>heyy can I ask what you guys wrote for the essay? I used Scarlet Letter & Adam and Eve :P</p>

<p>I was going to add a personal experience, but I ran out of time, so I chose to write my conclusion instead! ha</p>

<p>Nope. More popular is fine. I forget the correct answer though.</p>

<p>The mistake was “more popular” as it was comparing the Banana to more than just 1 other fruit.</p>

<p>i believe the question said-- more popular in the world, making MORE wrong because it needs to be most or else it doesnt make sense</p>

<p>Boston, they were comparing applies, oranges, grapefruits, and bananas.
You need “most”, not “more”.</p>

<p>yeah it was most</p>

<p>Do you guys remember that chinese garden one? I put it down as a faulty comparison.</p>

<p>No. Because it said something about how bananas and those fruits are delicious or whatever, BUT bananas are more popular in the world. There is no reason to change it from more to most.</p>

<p>Does anyone remember the other answers?</p>

<p>I cant remember the choice fully…
If it really was “citrus” it can’t be distinctively… that i can swear on my dod, Waggler…
citrus taste adj form of citrus is “citric” taste then it should be diistinctively…
do you guys say finely barbeque flavor or fine barbeque flavor… lmao case closed</p>

<p>What was the sentence for the xylophone one?</p>

<p>Its most. Wrong again Boston.</p>

<p>i second this</p>

<p>“Its most. Wrong again Boston.”</p>

<p>Nice reasoning, bro.</p>

<p>@gthope</p>

<p>The xylophone question said something about how the bells produced a more _____ tone than the xylophone.</p>