October 2010 ACT English Thread

<p>Come on, someone amazing has to know… Show yourselves.</p>

<p>@Calculi Doesn’t matter. Answer was to delete the underlined portion.</p>

<p>I don’t remember that question, but…</p>

<p>If there was a comma after the last part of that, you need the comma before which. But I don’t think one is necessary if there wasn’t anything after that.</p>

<p>Anyone have the whole sentence?</p>

<p>how about the one in the stargazing passage where you had to choose between different forms of ‘cause’</p>

<p>^ OH YEAH, I remember now. yeah, it was just delete the underlined portion because it was repetitive, why do you care about the comma…?</p>

<p>But aren’t the kitchens providing the alternative? So does that mean you don’t need it?</p>

<p>my thinking was that all kitchens provide that alternative, but if you dont have the comma ot makes it sound like the kitchens are designed and specific for that reason, which didnt make sense to me</p>

<p>Wait there was no “Delete the underlined portion” for that question. I’m sure of it.</p>

<p>i think it was awaken</p>

<p>then we are talking about different questions lol.</p>

<p>I think there’s a comma.</p>

<p>Hostels have kitchens which provide an alternative to expensive…</p>

<p>Hostels have kitchens, which provide an alternative to expensive…</p>

<p>The passage was about the benefits of hostels. It’s the fact that the hostels have the kitchen that you don’t have to buy the expensive food, not the fact that kitchens exist. Without the comma it also sounds (to me) like it’s those specific kitchens, not kitchens in general.</p>

<p>But I guess those two reasons for justification kind of contradict each other…</p>

<p>I’m getting worried about my English test lol.</p>

<p>Ugh :frowning: I want it to have no comma… but let bygones be bygones.</p>

<p>what about the hostels question…
was it their advantage or its advantage?</p>

<p>Aw according to the internet there should be a comma… Stupid non-restrictive and restrictive clauses… Well at least I think, idk. Unless I’m misunderstanding something.</p>

<p>@ 2011 i put “its advantage” any input?</p>

<p>usually a a comma preceds which since it is nonessential clause. So yes, there would be a comma. if it said "that’, it would be a essential or a restrictive clause.</p>

<p>there should be a comma. And it is awakened correct?</p>

<p>It makes NO sense to say “I was awaken in the morning”
vs I was “awakened”</p>

<p>Hey guys, what about the ones with the hyphens? I think there were two I narrowed down to hyphens or commas, but I think that you have to put a hyphen at both ends of a phrase so I just chose the ones with the commas, but I think I might have been wrong.</p>

<p>And yes, its was the correct answer since the referent was singular.</p>

<p>to have a hyphen in the middle of a clause, you need another one as well. so you cannot have just ONE hyphen, unless it is at the end of the clause or something. </p>

<p>yes it was awakened, according to google, that was a tough one though.</p>