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<p>d) In healthful vegetarian diets during childhood and adolescence is required (“Diets” and “is”, subject-verb disagreement)</p>

<p>“In healthful vegetarian diets during childhood and adolescence” is a prepositional phrase. Prepositional phrase cannot be the subject.</p>

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<p>wait…isn’t “diet” part of a prepositional phrase?</p>

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<p>@YoungProdigy. If it was part of the preposition phrase, it would be a fragment. Which would be wrong again.</p>

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<p>Dorkyelmo: I know you have used the Princeton Review 11 tests book. How did you regard the CR sections in the PR 11 tests book? Were the CR sections representative of actual SATs? I’m low on CR material.</p>

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<p>Well I used the PR when my CR was really low and it didn’t really help much. Like whenever I read something, there were always two answers that were pretty much synonymous. </p>

<p>But sparknotes and majortests were really good. Even though majortests is kaplan…</p>

<p>Oh, and barron was good. Fun, boring articles that really lowers your perception of the SAT and when you take the real SAT, the passages are the easiest things in the world ;D</p>

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<p>Great! I’ll look into Sparknotes’ resources. I assume that it is all online, at the Sparknotes website, right? </p>

<p>What do you mean by majortests is Kaplan?</p>

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<p>I really don’t know. All I know is that every “recommended” book was directed to kaplan. So I guess it’s like a sub-company for kaplan?</p>

<p>Yeah… But it’s HARD</p>

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<p>Dear Diary:</p>

<p>I just took a Princeton Review CR section. The questions felt realistic - there was nothing outlandish. The questions also felt realistically difficult. So I guess I have my day cut out for me tomorrow - I’m going to complete the entire PR book - section by section - tomorrow. I’m going to finish all the unfinished writing and CR sections. I’m also going to plan out some essays - no - make that A LOT of essays. </p>

<p>It’s time to take it home and bring my A-game this January 28th. If I were running a SAT marathon, then I’m in the final stretch. Battle-worn, sweat-soaked, glistening, iridescent - bathed in the oblique rays of the late afternoon sun, I’m ready to cross the finish line.</p>

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<p>Some people say that CR questions from PR books are easier than official questions. I personally think the questions are just “different”. Practicing your CR skills with PR questions is not an effective way to study. I think I read somewhere that the major difference between CB and third party companies is that CB can afford newer passage materials. Third party companies tend to use older passages, which are not copyrighted.</p>

<p>Personal note: can you use two -'s for dashes?</p>

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<p>I heard that too from Erica Meltzer. I’ll reserve judgement on the PR materials until I look at the questions in detail tomorrow. </p>

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<p>Yes. Using a pair of dashes to set of phrases for emphasis is acceptable.</p>

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<p>Mmm, hey all! I think this could prove useful for us. :)</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.uhseport.net/published/l/wi/lwildner/collection/15/1/upload.c-lwildner-15n1.pdf[/url]”>http://www.uhseport.net/published/l/wi/lwildner/collection/15/1/upload.c-lwildner-15n1.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It’s a compilation of a bunch of tone words.</p>

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<p>Make sure to check out my Vocab flashcards :D:</p>

<p>[Princeton</a> Review 11 Tests Vocab flashcards | Quizlet](<a href=“http://quizlet.com/9321156/princeton-review-11-tests-vocab-flash-cards/]Princeton”>http://quizlet.com/9321156/princeton-review-11-tests-vocab-flash-cards/)</p>

<p>And for all the math-lovers, here’s a sentence I made that you’ll love!</p>

<p>Word: * querulous*
Definition: Complaining in a petulant manner.
Sentence: </p>

<p>Annoyed by the querulous student, the teacher decided to cave in to the student’s demand that the teacher apply a greatest integer function to the student’s grade. Unfortunately, the student was not well-versed enough in math to understand the wisdom of applying the greatest-integer function to a 89.7.</p>

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<p>^ Haha I like that! Too bad for that kid, though. He was so close to an A.</p>

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<p>^Yeah, and he could have got it rounded up to a 90 since he *had<a href=“past%20tense”>/i</a> a 89.7 :p. Anything below a 89.5 doesn’t round though :D.</p>

<p>Anyway I’ve slogged through several CR and W sections in the PR 11 Tests book and the two adjectives that comes to mind are artful subterfuge. Every corner I turn, every question I answer, I meet one, if not several tricks, and the tricks have been slaughtering my scores. </p>

<p>A few of the “correct” CR answers are a little iffy, but overall, the PR book provides great practice in CR and W and goes to show just how critically one should approach the SAT. Always read all the answer choices. And if you pick an answer that feels “meh,” move on, but COME BACK and reconsider your answer. I’ve been falling for the tricks left and right but I think I’m getting better now :).</p>

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<p>A question that I am struggling with; an explanation would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>If x, y, and z are positive and xy^3z^2 > x^2y^2z^2, which of the following must be true?</p>

<p>I. x < y
II. x < z
III. y < z</p>

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<p>xy³z² > x²y²z²; divide by xy²z²
y > x</p>

<p>I must be true.</p>

<p>Is the answer just I only?</p>

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<p>Yes. Thank you for your explanation/previous explanations. I just finished a math section and a writing section I have a few more questions. Again I emphasize that I would really appreciate explanations Ugh, I really need to stop missing these questions.</p>

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<li><p>The decision [about which] emergency routes to use [should be] made [quick and judicious] by the government if the refugees are to leave the city [in time]. [No error]</p></li>
<li><p>He was [somewhat] uncertain about [how to use] the new machine and [asked for] [more specific] instructions to be sent. [No error]</p></li>
<li><p>Aerial photography is thought [to be] the most efficient technique [to gather] accurate [information about] the use of the land. [No error]</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot play Mozart, you cannot play Spanish music or any music, this is the opinion of Alicia de Larrocha.</p></li>
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<p>A. If you cannot play Mozart, you cannot play Spanish music or any music, this is the opinion of Alicia de Larrocha.
B. Alicia de Larrocha’s opinion is if you cannot play Mozart, one cannot play Spanish music or any music.
C. According to Alicia de Larrocha, not to be able to play Mozart means you cannot play Spanish music or any other music.
D. According to Alicia de Larrocha, if you cannot play Mozart, you cannot play Spanish music or any other music.
E. If a person cannot play Mozart, in Alicia de Larrocha’s opinion, you cannot play Spanish music or any other music.</p>

<p><a href=“http://i.minus.com/ibOcSDeLp7ndn.JPG[/url]”>http://i.minus.com/ibOcSDeLp7ndn.JPG&lt;/a&gt;
And this one. I basically need a better way to solve it. I tried grouping three circles together and got 8. Then 50 / 8 = 6.25 and then concluded that 3 times 6 = 18 but that is the incorrect answer. Can someone tell me what I did wrong/how to do it a better way. Thanks!</p>

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<li><p>The decision [about which] emergency routes to use [should be] made [quick and judicious] by the government if the refugees are to leave the city [in time]. [No error]</p>

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<li><p>He was [somewhat] uncertain about [how to use] the new machine and [asked for] [more specific] instructions to be sent. [No error]</p>

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<li><p>Aerial photography is thought [to be] the most efficient technique [to gather] accurate [information about] the use of the land. [No error]</p>

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<li><p>If you cannot play Mozart, you cannot play Spanish music or any music, this is the opinion of Alicia de Larrocha.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://i.minus.com/ibOcSDeLp7ndn.JPG[/url]”>http://i.minus.com/ibOcSDeLp7ndn.JPG&lt;/a&gt;
Each circle plus dash = 3 in. 50/3 = 16.6667. Now, if you place 16 of these circle-dash thingies, you’ll have 48 in. which gives you just enough room to place one more. </p>

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<p>for number 1 isn’t about which redundant? You only need about OR which. It does not make sense to me to use both at the same time. Could someone please explain to me which on is correct for number 1?</p>

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<p>I promise you that it’s [quick and judicious]. The correct sentence should read:</p>

<p>The decision about which emergency routes to use should be made QUICKLY and JUDICIOUSLY by the government if the refugees are to leave the city in time. </p>

<p>TRUST ME.</p>