<p>10.For all their talk about ecology, major companies have so far spent very little to fight pollution.</p>
<p>(A) For all their talk
(B) In spite of the fact of their having talked
(C) Besides their having talked
(D) In addition to their talking
(E) Although there is talk between one and the other</p>
<p>Source: October 2005 PSAT </p>
<li>In the eighteenth century a simple method of musical notation helped to make music more popular than in any century. No error</li>
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<p>Answers: A, D. In question 10, though B, C, D, E all sucked, A seemed too strangely worded to be correct; in 32 I had no clue at all. Anyone can shed some light?</p>
<p>10, yeah, i agree, A sucks, but you have to choose the best answer, not the perfect answer. so it would have to be A.</p>
<p>32, i think that it would have to be "any other century" or something like that. i believe that is an illogical comparison issue. because you cant compare the eighteenth century to any century, because the eighteenth century is a century. so it would have to be any other century. hopefully that makes sense.</p>
<p>I think that for #10 A) is actually a idiomatically appropriate choice that I don't think sounds awkward in that context. It should be the answer. All other choices are idiomatically incorrect. 32 D) is some sort of faulty comparison that should jump out if you read the sentence through in your head.</p>
<p>Ok, here's another set. I've got no answer key so just post your answers and reasoning.
Mine were: C, E</p>
<p>Source: May 2007</p>
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<li><p>Although familiar to us from representations in ancient art, war chariots are rare museum artifacts because by the sixth century B.C. they were no longer used in battle. No error.</p></li>
<li><p>As children mature, they develop an independence that their parents, who have been responsible for them since they were born, often find difficult to accept. No error.</p></li>
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<p>Not very particular in nesting sites, house wrens may nest in birdhouses, mailboxes, building crevices--even in the pockets of hanging laundry. No error.</p>
<p>The error is in A, but what is the correct idiom? particular with? for?</p>
<p>I have something from the May 06 Test. Its writing section was one the strangest I´ve ever went through. Anyway, some advice about these ones?</p>
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<li>Olaudah Equiano was a sailor and an abolitionist (when he produced his memoir in 1789 that was the first slave narrative.)</li>
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<p>I kept the sentence as it is but the right choice was: (when, in 1789, he produced the memoir that became the first slave narrative.)</p>
<p>Why that?</p>
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<li>A (Opposite to) most people I know, Annie, a good photographer
B (herself), actually, C (enjoys seeing) the photographs that her friends take D (on their) vacations. E (No error)</li>
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<p>I chose E, but it's A. In fact, I knew that something was weird about the expression "opposite to" in that context, but I couldn't say what. I mean, should it rather be "unlike"? Or does this type of expression of contrast make sense at all? I just don't get the meaning of the phrase. Honestly, it really bothers me, because I don't want to be surprised with such sentences on Saturday.</p>
<p>i think that the idiom is particular about. i pray that this kind of question wont appear on saturday (OR IM SCREWED)</p>
<p>2 sorusch: i think that "opposite of" would be correct, im not too sure though. btw i would really appriciate if someone were so kind and explained that sentence with olaudah equiano.</p>
<p>and 714nD1, i think it should be "particular about". "particular with" sounds somewhat okay, but i have a feeling that "particular about" is standard english.</p>