<p>and what’s your opinion on that one skiier?</p>
<p>No error right? (sorry for wrong thread)</p>
<p>it is extremely clear that the answer is no error.</p>
<p>allow me to reproduce the question in a more concise fashion:</p>
<p>Although I have long known of Bob’s interest in the new iPhone, I was surprised that he went to such lengths to obtain it.</p>
<p>alright thanks. </p>
<p>I’ll be surprised if I don’t get 800 writing. </p>
<p>But anyway… wrong thread.</p>
<p>i got killed on “auditory” vs “audible”</p>
<p>and the hummingbird muscular body question. i hope i can still somehow manage an 800</p>
<p>i was SOO glad to get the auditory one right.</p>
<p>I’d never seen a “wrong word” error on a college board test until litereally the day before. I did a writing section that misued “desirous” (should have been “desirable”) so I was looking for it. Had I not done that, I probably would’ve gotten it wrong.</p>
<p>Hummingbird was C right? the “more” rather than “most” option?</p>
<p>And what is your opinion on the “admiration vrs discovery” debate and the “immediately recognizable vrs artificially enhanced” debate?</p>
<p>hummingbird was supposedly “more”</p>
<p>i say admiration, and immediately understandable</p>
<p>discovery and artificially enhanced</p>
<p>“this boy is better than i am” — admiration; he had already discovered michelangelo, he was his MASTER for God’s sake.</p>
<p>the images are not enhanced. they are just flattened. the passage directly stated that the images were set up to be immediately understood.</p>
<p>i am not arguing any further, have a good night, you’ll see that i’m right on the 29th =p</p>
<p>yeah I think if you look at the quote, and ONLY the quote (as the question asked), “this boy is better than I am” admiration is more clear than discovery.</p>
<p>maybe, and only maybe since he was already a student, could you say discovery if the questioned ask about the story as a whole. But in that last line admiration is clear, discovery is debatable. </p>
<p>and Like itookthesat said, flattenned does not fit the deffinition of enhanced (and besides, i think it talked about them being flattened in the sentence AFTER the question’s line reference ended). I think this question is easier than some people are making it out to be.</p>
<p>Although I have long known of Bob’s interest in the new iPhone, I was surprised that he went to such lengths to obtain it</p>
<p>Im pretty sure the answer is “it”. THIS IS A 100% AMBIGUOUS. It is a grammatical rule that you can’t refer to an antecedent that is part of a prepostional phrase. “it” could mean Bob’s interest or the iPhone.</p>
<p>The cost of safely disposing of the toxic chemicals is approximately five times what the company paid to purchase it.</p>
<p>This is a question from a past test.</p>
<p>The answer is “to purchase it”</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure college board’s reason was because “it” was singular and “chemicals” was plural. The corrected sentence was like “…the company paid for them”</p>
<p>However, if you’re right about antecedents then “them” wouldn’t have an antecedent because “chemicals” is in a prepositional phrase.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure college board’s reason was because “it” was singular and “chemicals” was plural. The corrected sentence was like “…the company paid for them”</p>
<p>Unless you can confirm that statement ^, you are wrong because CB’s reason might as well have been that “it” was ambiguous. What’s wrong with that reasoning? What’s wrong with saying that CB chose that as the answer because “it” was ambiguous and not because “it” should have been “them”?</p>
<p>Why are we discussing grammar in the CR thread?</p>
<p>In any event, I don’t see how any reasonable person would think that “it” were replacing “interest.” Oh yes, I’m sure Mr. Bartholomew simply dodged obstacle after obstacle in obtaining his interest in the painting. I’ve heard interests are quite hard to obtain.</p>
<p>^“it” can replace anything that’s a noun. But it’s the ambiguity of the usage that counts.</p>
<p>i have an interest in the book. i bought it.</p>
<p>hmm… how much are interests these days…</p>
<p>I can see both sides of the argument.</p>
<p>But I’d be surprised if Collegeboard was looking for “it” as the error. The sentence is totally clear. But the question could be argued, perhaps.</p>
<p>Anyone else remember this quesiton?</p>
<p>''Toni Morrison’s genius enables her to create novels that arise from and express the injustices African Americans have endured."</p>
<p>The original answer was No error, but after people complained collegeboard tossed out the question. I’d be surprised if they decided to mess with that again.</p>
<p>I found this on the collegeboard website in relation to the question above. They clearly did not take either side on the debate. </p>
<p>As noted above, the intended answer was E. The teacher argued that A is the correct response. The question is whether “Morrison’s” can serve as the noun antecedent for the pronoun “her.” Since “Morrison’s” is a possessive, some experts asserted, it cannot properly be considered the referent. Others said the sentence is idiomatic English and that a possessive sometimes is used as a substitute for a noun. Therefore, the question is testing “usage” or descriptive grammar.</p>
<p>The decision has been made to rescore and re-equate the test without the problematic item.</p>
<p>One more thing :)</p>
<p>As per collegeboard</p>
<p>Two of the three experts consulted indicated that the question had two possible answers, A and E, though they personally preferred the E option, the intended answer. The third expert more emphatically approved of E, while noting the possible second answer, A, is supported by more prescriptive grammarians. </p>
<p>So E is probably the better answer in our case, but D might be able to be argued.</p>
<p>“Although I have long known of Bob’s interest in the new iPhone, I was surprised that he went to such lengths to obtain it”</p>
<p>how could “it” refer to the interest???
how would he be surprised to find HIS OWN INTEREST?</p>
<p>we know, we know, it’s clear.</p>
<p>BUT, according to some grammar gurus, “it” has to have a proper antecedent, which it may not in this case (since “painting” is in a prepositional phrase)</p>