*OFFICIAL* September 2012 ACT English Section Discussion

<p>@Nivers1027</p>

<h2>%$^$%&$&@$!%&#@</h2>

<p>Aww shoot :frowning: there were three I didn’t know and that was one of them. At least I got the other 2 right, but I bet I made stupid mistakes and won’t actually get a 35 :(</p>

<p>@BrownGuy - ACT tries to trick you cuz the subject was singular but they put in a preposition phrase that ends in a plural noun, so u’re confused as to whether to put a plural or singular verb. but its singular. haha </p>

<p>and for the who/whom question, the answer is who.</p>

<p>For the question where it said–</p>

<p>New music such as rythmn and blues (R&B), and soul </p>

<p>what did u guys put?</p>

<p>Nivers, I put the option without any commas</p>

<p>@Marcut
I put something about “ritual”</p>

<p>no comma. since it was using and for every object</p>

<p>@Astoria I agree with both of your posts on this page.</p>

<p>Yayy! got it right. I was staring at that question for about 3 minutes.</p>

<p>I AM STARTING A LIST. Everyone, please add onto it. The way that we are currently discussing this is horribly inefficient…</p>

<ol>
<li><p>(of which) consisted of canoeing … etc. question
That</p></li>
<li><p>who/whom question
Who</p></li>
<li><p>New music such as rythmn and blues (R&B), and soul
No comma</p></li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li><p>(of which) consisted of canoeing … etc. question
That</p></li>
<li><p>who/whom question
Who</p></li>
<li><p>New music such as rythmn and blues (R&B), and soul
No comma</p></li>
<li><p>Repetitive, but not a bad tone
something about a ritual or routine</p></li>
<li><p>… but rather to…
No commas</p></li>
<li><p>short, loud verse</p></li>
<li><p>clothes of her own design</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Darn I missed at least one for sure according to these comments Hopefully I get at least a 30.</p>

<p>Agree with GoodDocGoneBad, btw it was a ritual.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>(of which) consisted of canoeing … etc. question
That</p></li>
<li><p>who/whom question
Who</p></li>
<li><p>New music such as rythmn and blues (R&B), and soul
No comma</p></li>
<li><p>Repetitive, but not a bad tone
something about a ritual or routine</p></li>
<li><p>… but rather to…
No commas</p></li>
<li><p>short, loud verse</p></li>
<li><p>clothes of her own design</p></li>
<li><p>She designed + list of clothing
No change (can anyone confirm?)</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Guys, please post the # and question then the answer below it. Having all of these words is meaningless without knowing what the question was.

  1. (of which) consisted of canoeing … etc. question
    That</p>

<ol>
<li><p>who/whom question
Who</p></li>
<li><p>New music such as rythmn and blues (R&B), and soul
No comma</p></li>
<li><p>Repetitive, but not a bad tone
something about a ritual or routine</p></li>
<li><p>… but rather to…
No commas</p></li>
<li><p>short, loud verse</p></li>
<li><p>clothes of her own design</p></li>
<li><p>She designed + list of clothing
No change (can anyone confirm?)</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Confirming no change for #8…</p>

<p>Second confirm for #8 :)</p>

<p>I was scared because at the beginning I had almost like all c’s in the first row.</p>

<p>Also, I used the Barrons 36 to prep for this and it said that the shortest answer is usually the right one and in the first like 5 it was describing what she wore and it said clothes. I picked something like clothes that she designed or something.</p>

<p>I can confirm #8. I thought it was designed: but that is only used when it is describing a list stated before.</p>

<p>Overall, I think those ACT as a WHOLE has been the hardest they have ever given. But I think I still did better than my 26 composite I got before.</p>

<p>Can anyone explain to me why the colon does not work for the Chanel one? My rationale was that “She designed” is an independent clause and that a colon can follow it. With the long list of objects, I thought a colon worked better. [ACT</a> SparkNotes Test Prep: Punctuation](<a href=“SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides”>SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides)
Look at the part under commas to see that “She designed” can be considered an independent clause.</p>

<p>Yep, I put She Designed blah, blah, etc. - Answer A (No Change)</p>

<p>What was the answer to the dirt outside of the house question? The first question in the Spiral Game passage? I put A (no change). It was A or C, B/D were irrelevant. C was amazement, and they weren’t amazed. I put A (lots of footsteps = no plant growth = dust or something) because it relates to how they had hella footsteps while playing all over the dirt.</p>