<p>Thanks, IceQube. Good luck to you too! :)</p>
<p>“If there had been a power failure, the hospital will run on electricity from its own generators, which can operate for 200 hours.”</p>
<p>The other options refer to the sentence in the past, but the second part refers to something that theoretically COULD happen. </p>
<p>I’ll give a better explanation tomorrow. Time for sleep :)</p>
<p>LETS CRUSH THIS TEST :D</p>
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<p>y e s !!!</p>
<p>Crush it like a ripe tomato!</p>
<p>This is my last SAT in my lifetime…
But I got no time to study whatsoever, it is the tragedy of an international student who has to face his own local public examination.
I am doomed to failure. Hope I can retain a 2080.</p>
<p>Best of luck, everyone.</p>
<p>what is the rule for knowing when a plural verb should come and when there should be a singular verb with a compound noun?</p>
<p>Ex: <a href=“A”>Like</a> the area <a href=“B”>in and around</a> the Rocky Mountains, the Western Basins and Plateau region of the United States <a href=“C”>offer</a> <a href=“D”>much for</a> the tourist. <a href=“E”>No error</a></p>
<p>In your question, the verb ‘offer’ follows ‘region’ which is singular, so it should be ‘offers’.
I don’t know all about these terminologies, but isn’t it obvious that the noun ‘AB of C’ should be primarily indicating ‘B’? Like ‘son of *****es’, son is the noun and it should be singular.</p>
<p>^ I think since Plateau is capitalized, you can tell it’s part of the same noun. Plateau capitalized on its own wouldn’t really make much sense as the name for a region.</p>
<p>wow this thread has been so helpful. I’ve been lurking around here for the past 2 days just taking in as much as I can and I’ve already seen progress so thanks everyone! It seems like everyone in this thread is gonna get 2300+ Good Luck!</p>
<p>^ Here are my score predictions:
JefferyJung: 2350 +
IceQube: 2250+</p>
<p>Good luck guys, it’s been a pleasure studying with you all.</p>
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<p>-_- really lol :p.</p>
<p>That 2250 represents the score you’ll get (I believe) under the worst circumstances. Under the best circumstances, I think you’ll pass 2300 easily. Keep a positive mentality bro, and approach the test like a fun puzzle, and it’ll all turn out fine.</p>
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<p>Look at the modifier. The subject is “the area,” which implies that “the Western Basins and Plateau region” is singular, as neither part is underlined. Therefore, “offer” is incorrect.</p>
<p>So would something along the lines of:</p>
<p>Like Jim, Jack and Jill were late.</p>
<p>Be wrong?</p>
<p>It’s really confusing me.</p>
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<p>The sentence is correct. Why would you think it is incorrect?</p>
<p>I believe he means: if the modifier is singular (“Like Jim,”) then the compound subject it’s modifying (Jack and Jill) must also be singular. It’s a good question that I don’t totally know the answer to but you can probably take solace in the fact that nothing that tricky and uber-specific would be on the SAT. </p>
<p>That sentence is probably only wrong in that the modifier is too ambiguous. Otherwise, I don’t think you can really say the rest of that sentence is wrong because both Jack and Jill were late, even if their compound action was only duplicated by a singular person (Jim). Maybe think of the “Like Jim” part as an adjective describing the two of them, making the rest of the sentence still grammatically correct.</p>
<p>Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Well, I finished a CR section a M section and a writing section. I got all the W correct 1 wrong in CR and 2 wrong in M. Can someone explain this one please?</p>
<p>In a bag that contains 28 marbles that are either red or blue, the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of blue marbles is 5:2. If 4 blue marbles are added to the bag, How many red marbles should be added to maintain the 5:2 ratio?</p>
<p>Thanks cheerios!</p>
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<p>I see your point. But which sentence do you mean by “that sentence”? The Jack and Jill one, or the one about the Plateau?</p>