<p>I’m taking the Oct 2007 QAS right now…! It seems relatively easy (I hope the curve is generous as the last one I took :)) I’ll post the results when I finish…</p>
<p>Great thread!</p>
<p>Here is a writing question from a Baron’s practice test that I got wrong… and even though I know the answer, I do not see why it is correct. Anyway, want to try it?</p>
<p>Harold (Brodkey’s eager anticipated first novel was so long in coming)-- more than three decades, as it turned out-- that he actually became famous for not writing a book.
A. Brodkey’s eager anticipated first novel was so long in coming
B. Brodkey’s eager anticipated first novel took so long to come
C. Brodkey eagerly anticipated his first novel, it was so long in coming
D. Brodkey eagerly anticipated his first novel, and it took so long to come
E. Brodkey’s eagerly anticipated first novel was so long in coming</p>
<p>^ Hmmmmm, is it E?</p>
<p>Well… I finished the test, and this is great. 
Here is the result:</p>
<p>CR: 800 with 2 wrong and 1 omit. (This is my first time omitting a question… It worked out great)
M: 800
W: 80/80 MC with 1 wrong. 760-800 depending on the essay…</p>
<p>The curve was strangely generous. I felt the CR was easy except for this one passage about ship/storm. Thankfully, the passage only had 6 questions, so I only got 2 wrong :)</p>
<p>So… I did get my second 2400 on a practice test (barely). Now, on to work on my essay!</p>
<p>I think the answer is E for the question above.</p>
<p>SirWanksalot and JefferyJung: Yes, it is! Why E? I was stuck between E and D.</p>
<p>JefferyJung: That is great :)</p>
<p>I think the problem is that D introduces an independent clause. There is nothing wrong with this, but why make the sentence longer by introducing an independent clause? The sentence contains a dependent clause(I’m assuming the dashes are just fancy commas since I actually don’t know what dashes are for), and E succinctly states what needs to be said.</p>
<p>In short words, E is better than D.</p>
<p>Damn Jeffery … TWO 2400s on practice tests? Wow - I need to get on your level :p. </p>
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<p>On a side note … </p>
<p>I’ve been referenced to on Facebook by Larry Krieger :o. </p>
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<p>Ahahaha I love Larry Krieger’s(or… should I say Grand Master Larry?) examples. They can be really interesting…</p>
<p>Congrats Jeffery.</p>
<p>I took practice test 6 in the BB this morning and it didn’t go so well. I missed 4 in writing 
and about 4 or 5 in math and a bunch in CR. I’ll post up some of the questions I missed in a little while along with my score. I perennially miss more questions during the first few sections…any advice to avoid this? I only missed 1 math question out of the last 3 sections and it was a misread of the question. :/</p>
<p>Ok here’s what I got:</p>
<p>CR: 680
I missed a bunch on the first two sections. The passage based I had trouble with and I missed a sentence completion. I will just have to try and really read the text and not grab any outside information.
M:700
Surprisingly high considering this is my weakest part; I could have picked up at least 30 points if I hadn’t mistyped a number into my calculator, read solid line instead of dotted line, and made an addition error. GRR.</p>
<p>This is really the only one I missed that I do not understand the most effective way to solve it/how to solve it.</p>
<p>For all numbers x and y, let the operation ~ be defined by x~y = xy-y. If a and ab are positive integers, which of the following can equal to zero?
I. a~b
II. (a+b)~b
III. a~(a+b)</p>
<p>A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II
E. I and III</p>
<p>I do not know the best way to solve this one. I got that the first one can equal zero when a is 1 and b is 2 but it took me a few moments to get this by just plugging in numbers. Is there a better/more effective way to do this? Also, how is III true?
W: 690
I missed 3 questions that I shouldn’t have missed and I missed them mainly because I did not read all the answer choices. I need to slow down because I had only used 10 minutes when I finished the sentence error portion.Overall, I missed 2 in the improving sentences and 2 in the improving paragraphs. Really low considering I usually get 780. Hopefully when I take a test tomorrow I can get the elusive 800.</p>
<p>This is the only question that I really missed in writing where I did not make a stupid mistake:</p>
<p>No one is [more sorrier than me] that you missed the awards ceremony.</p>
<p>A. more sorrier than me
B. sorrier than I
C. more sorry like myself
D. as sorry like I am
E. sorrier but me</p>
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<p>Answer: B. </p>
<p>There is an implied verb here.</p>
<p>He is better than me. Incorrect because you are comparing “he” with “me.” He is a subject pronoun. “Me” is an object pronoun. Wrong. </p>
<p>He is better than I. Correct</p>
<p>He is better than I am. Correct</p>
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<p>Ha - I also find Zezim’s examples rather enlightening :D.</p>
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<p>First, let’s identify the givens:
a is a positive integer
ab is a positive integer as well
b is a positive integer!</p>
<p>Now, let’s examine one by one:
I.
a~b = ab - b; factor out b
b(a - 1) = 0;
b cannot be 0, but a - 1 can be 0.</p>
<p>**II<a href=“a+b”>/b</a>~b = (a+b)b - b; factor out b
b(a + b - 1) = 0;
b cannot be zero, and a + b - 1 cannot be 0. (a and b are both positive integers greater or equal to 1)</p>
<p>III
a~(a+b) = a(a+b) - (a+b); *factor out (a+b)<a href=“a%20+%20b”>/i</a>(a - 1) = 0;
a + b cannot be 0, but a - 1 can be 0.</p>
<p>This will probably be my approach. I like algebra, and strongly dislike the uncertainties involved in can be and must be problems. I try to stick with algebra. :D</p>
<p>@Jeffery
That is amazing; I really believe that you will get a 2400 in January! Even though you got perfect on M and W could you maybe post a few of the hardest questions from each section or maybe the couple that you had trouble with. Also where did you get the 2007 QAS? I have just about exhausted the BB and need some more resources to utilize. Thanks!</p>
<p>^Is the answer E?</p>
<p>Wait - I know it is E. </p>
<p>Here’s how I arrived at E. </p>
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<p>IceQube, I understand the object subject pronoun rule (you got that from silverturtle’s guide right? :p) but I don’t think that applies here…unless “No one” is the subject. Ahhh I think I am over thinking it. I put D because the other choices sounded too wordy. So is “No one” the subject?</p>
<p>And yes it’s E. Thanks for your help Jeffery; I should approach things more algebraically.</p>
<p>For the writing question, D lacks the as…as structure.</p>
<p>No one is indeed the subject… :)</p>
<p>^^
Thanks.</p>
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<p>Actually, I learned it from another book, but silverturtle’s guide does go over implicit verbs.</p>
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<p>Thank you for confirming that I was right. The answer is B.</p>
<p>Now it’s your turn Jeffery and Ice to post some questions!</p>
<p>I’ll post some :)</p>
<ol>
<li><p>At a time when interest in twentieth-century classical music seems on the verge to disappear, the avant-garde compositions of the 1960s and 1970s manage to retain their popularity. No error</p></li>
<li><p>The region bounded by the northwest corner of Greenland, the northern tip of Labrador, and the Mackenzie Delta include the islands collectively known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. </p></li>
<li><p>A powerful advocate to equal rights, Belva Lockwood was twice a candidate for President long before the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution allowed women to vote.</p></li>
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