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<p>People are “cancer risks”? </p>

<p>A recent discovery is the finding that people who both drink and smoke are greater cancer risks than those who only do one of these things. </p>

<p>(A) A recent discovery is the finding that
(B) A recent discovery came when they learned that
(C) Recently, a finding is that
(D) It has recently been discovered that
(E) It is a recent discovery that</p>

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Why does the tense shift from the simple past to the simple present in the corrected version of the sentence below? </p>

<p>Although fascinated by chance and coincidence, Paul
Auster’s novels are written with careful attention to
style and balance. </p>

<p>(A) Paul Auster’s novels are written
(B) Paul Auster’s novels were written
(C) Paul Auster writes his novels
(D) Paul Auster is a writer
(E) Paul Auster had wrote</p>

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Why is C better than B?</p>

<p>In eighteenth-century France, economic inequalities
made many people angry, and a violent revolution was
fueled.<a href=“A”>/u</a> angry, and a violent revolution was fueled
(B) angry; it fueled a violent revolution
(C) angry, and this anger fueled a violent revolution
(D) angry, that anger fueled a violent<br>
revolution
(E) angry; thus fueling a violent revolution</p>

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From The Essential 300 Words Facebook page:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Essential-300-Words-SAT-Vocabulary/133054413477562[/url]”>http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Essential-300-Words-SAT-Vocabulary/133054413477562&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Investors faulted the CEO of Netflix for acting ____, for implementing
radical changes without fully considering their impact upon
customers.</p>

<p>(A) precipitously
(B) cravenly
(C) perfunctorily
(D) presciently
(E) obstreperously</p>

<p>Please explain :D!</p>

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<h1>2. “Although fascinated…” modifies Paul Auster, not his books. (His books aren’t fascinated by chance and coincidence!)</h1>

<h1>3.</h1>

<p>I narrowed the answers down to A and C. Is C correct? A can’t work because it’s passive and because you can’t really determine what the revolution was “fueled” by. It could have been fueled by somethign other than anger! C corrects this error by specifically saying that this “anger” (economic inequalities) fueled the revolution.</p>

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<p>Can anyone help me out with a few CR questions? :slight_smile: </p>

<p>“The whole city is a postcard panorama. Like being inside a white hand-me-down grade school civics text. Today, at least, the monument-flanked boulevards flow with people of all races.”
This sentence suggests which of the following about Delia’s reaction to the city?
a. She is put off by the city’s many monuments
b. She sees an idealized version of the city
answer:C </p>

<p>Delia Daley looks out over the carpet of people, more people than she knew existed. Her steps slow as she slips in behind the mile-long crowd. All in front of her, the decades-long Great Migration comes home. She feels the danger, right down her spine. A crowd this size could trample her without anyone noticing.
“comes home” metaphorically suggests that the migrants can now
a. feel that they belong
b. reclaim lost property
answer: B</p>

<p>A high schooler, though from the look of her, high school is a
vanished dream—spins around, flashing, to catch the eye of anyone who’ll look at her, a look of delivery that has waited lifetimes.
The behavior of the “high schooler” expresses
a. exuberant celebration
b. patient resignation
answer:C</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>Typo… “are” should be “have” The answer is D.</p></li>
<li><p>“fascinated” is used as an adjective. Past participles can be used as adjectives.
e.g. fried egg, fascinated child, or broken leg.</p></li>
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<p>Although <a href=“he%20is”>b</a>* fascinated by chance and coincidence, Paul Auster writes his novels with careful attention to style and balance.*
Answer is C.</p>

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<li><p>In B, it cannot refer to anything.</p></li>
<li><p>“radical change” hints precipitously, which means steeply, or hastily.</p></li>
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<p>I was thinking that, but I got the question from an official test, so it’s kind of odd. </p>

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<p>Your vast grammar knowledge never ceases to amaze me. Can you tell me everything is to know about the trickiest SAT grammar questions - specifically the ones relating to tenses? I’m having a HUGE amount of trouble with tenses on the SAT for some reason :. </p>

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<p>I see :).</p>

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<p>I see. That is a rather creative way of stretching the meaning of precipitously! I initially put down “perfunctorily” because it could indicate that she made the decision hastily and without much though.</p>

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<p>So is the answer for 3. B?</p>

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Most of the time, you can tell by ear whether the tense is off. I think you already know all the “tricks” CB implements in its tests… :slight_smile:

Answer for 3 is C.</p>

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<p>That is an excellent way to look at it. Numerous times, the SAT will present a question with a dangling modifier and several answer choices with the possessive form of what you are actually looking for. Those questions are my favorite because I can just go down the list of answer choices and immediately eliminate the possessives. Example:</p>

<p>A talented soccer player, Jane’s coaches lauded her. </p>

<p>a) (AUTOMATICALLY WRONG)
b) Jane’s … (AUTOMATICALLY WRONG)
c) Jane’s … (AUTOMATICALLY WRONG)
d) coaches … (AUTOMATICALLY WRONG)
e) Jane … (BINGO :D)</p>

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<p>@magicjane, the answers you have stated correct for those three CR questions are all wrong. The correct answers are B, A, A.</p>

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<p>Okay, good. I was getting worried for a second. :)</p>

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<p>Going to go take part 2 of the CR test. Wish me luck!</p>

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<p>@Fat_Nerd: Oops! I only posted the answer choices I contemplated over and wrote down the wrong answers. Thanks for correcting me! Can you explain how you got those answers??</p>

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<p>She sees and idealized version of the city. Note the descriptions - “postcard panorama”; “being inside a […] civics text.” </p>

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<p>There is no property to speak of in this excerpt. Property isn’t alluded to either. B is incorrect. </p>

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<p>I need more of the passage for this one. Remember, the answer is rarely contained within the lines referenced to by the question stem. Always, always, always read around the lines referenced to. Behind the lines, and after the lines. The answer is almost always around the lines referenced, not in the lines referenced :).</p>

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<p>@Iceqube</p>

<p>What does “put off” mean in the question’s context? I though it meant that she was fascinated by the monuments…?
I still don’t get why she is seeing an idealized version of the city… Couldn’t you also say that she is put off by the city’s monuments? :/</p>

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<p>The paucity of autobiographical documents left by the royal attendants has compelled historian Raul Salazar to ------- the motives of these courtiers from their ------- rather than from any diaries or correspondance.
a) stipulate… accomplishments
b) contemplate. … journals
c) surmise … deeds
d) allege … assertions
e) elicit… missives</p>

<p>Tcahikovskys’s Nutcracker leaves an ___ impression on audiences: children especially remember the dazzling costumes and stirring music.
a) indelible
b) ineffable</p>

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<p>^ Is it A?</p>

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<li>C</li>
<li>A</li>
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<p>“Put off” means disgusted by; repulsed by. The monuments are listed, but she doesn’t say anything specific about the monuments … she just says that the highways are “flanked,” or lined, with monuments. We don’t know whether she liked the monuments or was “put off” by the monuments. Therefore, A cannot be an answer. </p>

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<p>Unless you can cite a key word or phrase in the passage that shows she is “put off” or repulsed by the monument, A is simply out of the running.</p>

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<p>@ JefferyJung: Yes and Yes! Can you explain how you got the first question??</p>

<p>@ IceQube: OHHH! I was confused between the two meanings. Thanks for the clarification! :)</p>

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<p>Ha :p. What did you think “put off” meant ;)? </p>

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<p>Ineffable: not explainable. Not quite the word you are looking for.
Indelible: unforgettable.</p>

<p>Yesterday evening was indelible; she wore a diaphanous green gown to the prom, and I was her date.</p>

<p>Peering down at the legions of people, I felt an kind of ineffable existentialist angst … who am I? I realized I was just a raindrop in a pond - ultimately insignificant …</p>

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<p>Surmise: suppose that something is true.
Stipulate: demand. </p>

<p>The tactful diplomat stipulated terms that were acceptable to both parties involved.</p>

<p>Seeing that his bed was empty at midnight, and that his bedroom window was open, his mom surmised that he had sneaked out the house again to visit someone.</p>

<p>Strategy: look for words that can fit in the second blank. Instead of documents, all the historian can go by are deeds or accomplishments. That narrows it down to A and C.</p>

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<p>The paucity of autobiographical documents left by the royal attendants has compelled historian Raul Salazar to ------- the motives of these courtiers from their ------- rather than from any diaries or correspondence.</p>

<p>It’s dead simple, magicjane. There are very little autobiographical documents left by the royal attendants. This has made a historian want to <em>SOMETHING</em> the motives of these courtiers then, from their <em>SOMETHING</em> rather from any diaries or correspondence. Let’s think of two words to replace now. Basically, he doesn’t trust anything written because there are so few autobiographical documents actually left by these royal attendants, that any diaries that may have been left by them are probably forged. So what do I do here? Hmmm, how about, this has made the historian want to <em>infer</em> or <em>guess</em> the motives of the courtiers, from their <em>actions</em> rather from their diaries or correspondence. Let’s take a look at the answer choices, and go through the process of elimination. I hope you’re familiar with this, so through elimination, the only remaining choice is C, in which ‘surmise’ means infer or guess, and ‘deeds’ which means actions.</p>