<p>Oh I see your point.
Manufactures’s goals to make their products xxxxx
Their can only refers to manufactures, because attempts is not even pronoun.</p>
<p>For the first one,
Since we are dealing with manufacturers (plural), so their is correct
But attempts (plural) needs ‘have led’ instead of has led.
I don’t know why were you confused :</p>
<p>Oh nebico, he ( I assume medicalboy is a he ) is not confused with the error, but the antecedent of pronouns “their” in the sentences.</p>
<p>Sometimes, objects of a preposition (attempts of the manufacturers) can have be referred to using pronouns. I remember a famous SAT writing question that many got wrong because they believed a pronoun has to strictly refer to the subject of a preposition, but it all depends on the intended meaning.
Second question: “they” will logically refer to “hobbits”, not “people”.</p>
<p>Ccuser, so thats just an exception to the rule? Grrr thats what make me angry. </p>
<p>Yes Benjamin, I’m a guy lol</p>
<p>ccuser
Do you still remember the exactly wording of that question???
I am in a grammar nerd mood now xD</p>
<ol>
<li>In the past, many famous painters meticulously ground their own colors, an attention to detail that is noteworthy.</li>
</ol>
<p>(A) an attention to detail that is noteworthy
(B) inasmuch as they showed attention to detail, it is noteworthy
(C) this makes it noteworthy in showing their attention to detail
(D) an idea that is noteworthy in showing their attention to detail
(E) which is noteworthy and it shows an attention to detail</p>
<p>Is it A? </p>
<p>I find it most concise and correct.</p>
<p>yep. I chose D though :</p>
<p>@benjamin</p>
<p>The quality of multivitamin tablets is determined by how long (its) potency can be protected by the manufacturer’s coating material. No error
Answer: It should be “their” (referring to the tablets).</p>
<p>Benjamin, do you use Noitoraperp’s guide (I think I misspelled his name) for the CR?</p>
<p>In the figure, X and Y are the centers of the circles, and the perimeter of the shaded region is 24. What is the total length of the darkened area.</p>
<p>( don’t know how i can draw the figure here - there are 2 circles with centers X and Y which intersect at X and Y and the centers are the corners of a quadrilateral in the overlap area of the 2 circles which is shaded. Joining XY would be a radius for both circles and also the diagonal of the quad. The perimeter of this quad is 24. Q seeks the length of the arcs of the 2 circles in the non overlap portion).</p>
<p>A 12pi
B 16pi
C 18pi
D 20pi
E 24pi</p>
<p>This Q came in the Jan 2013 SAT</p>
<p>If you draw a line connecting X and Y, you get two equilateral triangles that give the “non-shaded” arc 120 degrees. Since the circumference of 1 circle is 12pi, you would multiply it by (240/360) to get the shaded arc. This equals 8pi and since there are two arcs, 16pi:</p>
<p>Edit: since the triangles are equilateral, the radii are 6.</p>
<p>ccuser</p>
<p>Yes I did use Noitoraperp’s guide but with a different approach. I only mark the question line without really writing down the question type. I also don’t pause and answer the question.</p>
<p>What I did was mark the line or vocabs, then read the passage. After reading I would try to answer the question.</p>
<p>@benjamin</p>
<p>we use the same exact strategy! I always mark the mentioned lines, but I don’t write notes or the type of question (takes too much time) and read carefully around the lines, but skim the rest of the stuff</p>
<p>My CC app wasn’t working and my computer overheated so I was cutoff from tech yesterday…</p>
<p>How’s everyone doing? Anyone have final week studying tips? I’m currently going over my practice tests from the past and redoing problems. I’m going to take a practice test tomorrow and have a final review on thursday. </p>
<p>Taking friday off and then DESTROYING the test Saturday. </p>
<p>I’ll post some problems up later if I can.</p>
<p>@benjamin8451 I’ve only posted on this thread maybe once, but I’m really having trouble with CR. I’m aiming for a perfect score but I keep getting 3-5 wrong per test. Do you have any tips that help you get nearly all of the questions correct? I’ve read every CR thread here on CC, and I use the same strategy you do, but I think my mindset is wrong. I don’t know. I try to use the devil’s advocate strategy but I end up being too harsh in eliminating choices. Or I misinterpret something in the passage, or I just run out of time and don’t have time to look up the answer in the text. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>@medicalboy thank you</p>
<p>I will be over the moon if I get 720+ in CR. God, please bless me!
CC people, give me pro tips!!!</p>
<p>RoseOak
Figure out what type of questions you got wrong. For me, I got vocab in the context wrong because sometimes I jumped into the answer choices without even referred back to the passage. I also got inference question wrong because I didn’t understand certain context.</p>
<p>For the first one, now I learner to go back and check the passage, for the second problem, I didn’t really figure out a great way tackle it. I sometimes relate the sentence to the paragraph and try to gauge out what does it mean.</p>
<p>When you are hovering around 700-750, CR section is all about eliminating mistakes. If you don’t understand the particular sentence, re-read; if you are not sure about the answer choices, leave it there. Never eliminate an answer choice just because you think it is incorrect. Remember you have to find the clue to back up your elimination.</p>
<p>My understanding is when you are down to two answer choices on a hard question, always refer back to the passage. Read the previous sentences and the succeeding sentence.</p>
<p>Woahhhh in exactly 36 hours, we will be probably writing furiously on out essay topic. </p>
<p>Wow we’ve all been through so much. Hope everyone does well!</p>