October 25, 2008 ACT Discussion- English

<p>What was the sentence with "show up"? I'm pretty sure I got both of those least acceptable questions correct.</p>

<p>I think I put point ahead but I can't be sure without remembering the sentence.</p>

<p>From that _____, the something did something and something....</p>

<p>I chose point ahead.</p>

<p>''From that point, blah blah'' makes sense</p>

<p>Yeah it's point ahead. I did have my 50/50 decision come down to point/point ahead though. Point ahead just sounds really idiomatically incorrect though.</p>

<p>already like -4 in eng</p>

<p>-put whom/who
-had at least 2 paragraph changes which I responded with "no change"
-changed "others" to africans...(I'm not sure why now, but I remember that there was something in the question that made me feel really strong about this answer)</p>

<p>no one's really asked this question and it's been really bothering me...
it was the second to last question to be exact
and it was talking about how that guy was basing his theories on his "fellow, utilitarian philosopher james (or whatever his name was)"</p>

<p>^^ that's not the direct quote, but was the answer the one that had no commas?</p>

<p>I said that there were supposed to be no commas as well</p>

<p>I put no commas but now that I think about it, it could have been fellow utilitarian philosopher, james something... crap.</p>

<p>i;m sure that one was without comma. if there was a comma, then it didn't make any sence. it's a sepcial case i believe. i saw one just like it in the review book and remembered it
on the test.</p>

<p>Yeah, I looked for that answer but I dont think that was a choice. The other answer choices put the commas at wierd places that didn't make grammatical sense.</p>

<p>would there be a curve for ACT?</p>

<p>yes i put others as well. the list of other peoples was an unneccesary, distracting detail</p>

<p>--There was one question dealing with a guy who acquired a something new.</p>

<p>Choice were something like this:</p>

<p>John -first piano- bought it for himself
John, bought himself his first piano
John -his first piano-bought it for him
...along those lines.. Which of the following was correct?></p>

<p>MANY THANKS</p>

<p>I think that question was asking which one was the incorrect choice, so I put John, bought himself his first piano or something like that because it didn't make sense and the others did.</p>

<p>I put "John - his first piano- bought it for him" because the word "him" isn't clear in who it is referring to.</p>

<p>what hamburgler said ^</p>

<p>For john, i put the "john bought his first piano for himself." I thought it was repetitive. that one was tricky though, and i'm not sure.</p>

<p>I still don't get what schoolsearch is talking about. Apparently seemed really right.</p>

<p>What about the first sentence about the philosopher? It was with like a quote? I put commas around the name, but no commas seemed okay too. anyone?</p>

<p>Hey did anyone get this problem (#6):</p>

<p>Given that all the choices are true, which of the following best describes that the researchers did not know much about the woman?
A. NO CHANGE (Therefore)
B. Apparently
C. On the other hand
D. Likewise</p>

<p>The passage was about some woman who was in a council for her writing or something.</p>

<p>answer choices were prolly in a diff order.</p>

<p>i think it was appparently because the preceding sentence was in agreement with the topic provided in the sentence in question. Also, Schoolsearching, don't think that just because you got a 36 on 1 test that ur right. I have taken the test 4 times and i've gotten 36 on english every single time. However, I still doubt what the right answer was. I selected apparently because it was the only choice that portrayed that the ppl did not know much about her. (apparently is not a confident word)</p>

<p>I chose on the other hand. Apparently is the same thing as obviously which is very confident.. That was a really weird question.</p>