October 2009 SAT Critical Reading

<p>mabsjenbu123, i’m on your side, lol</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>Dude, i don’t think you understand. IT can refer to anything that’s a noun but it’s the ambiguity of the usage that counts! You say, “how would he be surprised to find HIS OWN INTEREST?” and you’re correct!! That’s what makes this sentence ambiguous.</p>

<p>no but “it” wouldn’t be ambiguous because it could NOT refer to interest because it makes no sense</p>

<p>What rule states that in order for “it” to be ambiguous, it must refer to something that’s plausible?</p>

<p>I don’t mean to interrupt the flow but wow this thread… is massive to the max. GJ for sustaining the thread for weeks (how on earth do you still remember the Qs and such?) and good luck everyone w/ their scores on Thursday</p>

<p>fresh101</p>

<p>did you not read my posts? The Toni Morrison question calls into play exactly what we’re talking about. Based on what the “independent experts” said, and what collegeboard intended, E IS the correct answer (or, at least, the intended one). Read my posts again. There is ZERO doubt to this.</p>

<p>I saw another interesting short paper from Stanford that basically pointed out the uselessness of having said antecedent rule.</p>

<p>^I’ll be damned if they accepted No Error as the answer, even after that problematic incident.</p>

<p>well alright good luck with that.</p>

<p>but I’d be willing to bet that it’s the answer right now.</p>

<p>And you’d have to argue against all the experts that collegeboard consulted (and probably have since consulted) who disagree with you.</p>

<p>I’m thinking collegeboard has decided (along with many leading experts) that the rule is just outdated and needs to be changed.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/~zwicky/adshand.pdf[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/~zwicky/adshand.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>But I suppose you could argue it… who knows. Best of luck, honestly, because it doesn’t affect me.</p>

<p>^IDK. I guess you’re right. There’s not much left to say.</p>

<p>guys, i want to ask this one last time… what were all the options for novelty and diversity question?!</p>

<p>oooh four more days…who is excited</p>

<p>for novelty and diversity…i think one of the other answers was like praising the scientists on their discovery…and thats what i put…even though my answer was wrong</p>

<p>I’m very excited haha. Can’t wait.</p>

<p>me too. this was my first SAT I. i have to say…it is much more tolerable than the ACT</p>

<p>why are people discussing writing, this is CR</p>

<p>^Some1 ( ican’t remember) brought up the writing question, which was the the spark to a very hot firecracker. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>BUT IT’s over now.</p>

<p>I’d like to personally congradulate everyone who has posted on this thread.</p>

<p>It’s 100 pages… we should all be proud.</p>

<p>Yet after all this… a few questions have yet to be cleared up.</p>

<p>Thank God this test had Q&A</p>

<p>Well, i bet we can extrapolate the answers from people’s scores.</p>

<p>i.e. if I get an 800 then I was right on at least one of the admirable and imediately percieved quesitons (cause I missed one other for sure).</p>

<p>More of the same goes for the people who put opposite answers.</p>

<p>well youll get an 800. cuz those were right. lol</p>

<p><strong><em>do not argue with me</em></strong></p>