May 2010 Writing SAT Thread

<p>the flowers woundn’t have the citrus flavor. The honey would. I believe i went with have. idk</p>

<p>“If Honey made from flowers which <a href=“have”>some other random details</a> a (distinctively) citrus flavor is truly the sentence”</p>

<p>I don’t even think this is truly the sentence.</p>

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<p>What is your best recollection of the grammatically relevant parts of the sentence?</p>

<p>Boston, the general format of the sentence is correct. The parts missing were random details that did not add to the overall meaning to the sentence.</p>

<p>Also, even if it’s distinctive, would
If Honey made from flowers which [some other random details] HAVE a DISTINCTIVE citrus flavor
be correct?</p>

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<p>Both distinctive and distinctively are correct. In the former case, distinctive is modifying the noun phrase “citrus flavor,” where citrus is an adjunct noun (i.e., a noun functioning adjectively). In the latter case, distinctively modifies the adjective form of citrus, which in turn modifies flavor.</p>

<p>I remember putting “are” for the much-debated question…?</p>

<p>And does anyone recall the answer to the “insist before buying a used car…” sentence?</p>

<p>Silverturtle-</p>

<p>That is why I picked “have” as the error.</p>

<p>I dunno the correct format.</p>

<p>“If honey made from flowers which […] have a distinctively citrus flavor” would be a sentence fragment to begin with. The format needs to be fixed.</p>

<p>This part of speech debate is seriously ■■■■■■■■. the answer is have should be HAS because it is describing HONEY. Honey HAS a blah blah blah flavor.</p>

<p>My view:</p>

<p>distinctively citrus means you*can tell right away its citrus
distinctive citrus means it’s a citrus taste that’s not like a lot of other stuff</p>

<p>Thus, both are correct.</p>

<p>I had a writing experimental. my two paragraph improvements were on aircrafts and the other was about a guy who had a brother who was good at yo-yoing. </p>

<p>Also another answer. Each of these cats HAS a kink in its tail.</p>

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<p>The if was not part of the sentence.</p>

<p>The citrus flavor had nothing to do with honey. It was describing the other fruits in the question. I just can’t remember the missing part of the question, because it had to do with [plural] fruits. Which would make have correct.</p>

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<p>Sounds correct to me based on what you guys are communicating as the original sentence.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure the sentence was:
Honey, made from flowers which […], have a distinctively citrus flavor
with commas after honey and the random details.</p>

<p>Honey was the subject, boston. have was modifying honey, so it should be has. **** and move on to the next question</p>

<p>I just thought the answer had to be “Have” because honey is singular… so wouldn’t it correctly be written as “honey HAS?”</p>

<p>Does anyone know the complete sentence for the honey/citrus fiasco?</p>

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<p>Yes, if honey was the subject, the verb needed to be singular.</p>

<p>What was the answer to the question that had something about bananas being the more popular in the world?</p>