May 2012 Writing Discussion

<p>Whatd you guys get for the cheetah one? I ended up putting the “,however,” answer. I was debating between that and the “but” answer/</p>

<p>How many no changes did you guys get for section 10?</p>

<p>1… i think? anyone else with me on that?</p>

<p>Ok I thought that was weird I got one also</p>

<p>@Siddysidsid I didn’t get the “however” one. I got the “but it can” answer or something along the lines of that.</p>

<p>I got “but can” for the cheetah one. </p>

<p>I don’t keep track of NC’s on the improving sentences…so…</p>

<p>@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I also got “but can.”</p>

<p>no one has confirmed which is the experimental and which is the real writing section yet…
What was the passage about?</p>

<p>EXP: polls or something (there could have been more than one)
REAL: libraries/old books/college students (DEF).</p>

<p>For the cheetah one, I put the one with “however,” because the others ones referred to a singular cheetah as “they.”</p>

<p>The “but can” i believe was also singular, but I still opted for the “however” option.</p>

<p>GUYS! Was it… inexperienced college students, NONETHELESS, …?</p>

<p>or was it in particular… oh god.</p>

<p>@AnonymousA It’s in particular I think.</p>

<p>It was definitely “but can” for the very last question. It needed to be singular. Also, “however” would have needed to be a new sentence, or else it would be run-on. </p>

<p>Do any of you guys remember the ants solving problems collaboratively one? I think I may have over-thought it by choosing an option with “like” and “their”. I felt that the modifier needed to modify the noun of solution. I thought that since the “such” options were adverbial expressions they did not work.</p>

<p>^ You’re right. Ugh, i forgot that a comma does not replace a semicolon in this case.</p>

<p>I’m trying to recall the writing story on polls but can’t. Can someone elaborate what it was saying or possibly any other stories for the EXP</p>

<p>I put “broadly speaking” for something. I think it was that “in particular” one. I was going to put something like “in particular,” but if I remember correctly the sentence preceding it didn’t qualify saying “in particular.” That is, I don’t think the sentence before said something like “the librarians did not trust people with such fragile books,” so it wouldn’t logically follow to say “in particular.” I don’t have perfect memory though, so, whatever.</p>

<p>@lemniscate</p>

<p>I agree, I put “broadly speaking” as well. Ok, so on the CR section (oops) I made a bunch of posts arguing this point. But arguing now is not going to really do much. Lets just have a poll and see what people put. Type 0 if you put “in particular” and 1 if you put “broadly speaking”. Lets not argue or put our rationale for our decision. Just say what you put so we can a sense of how many put each answer.</p>

<p>Yep, I put broadly speaking as well.</p>