<p>Aeri again,</p>
<p>“had written” is the past perfect tense; it describes an action that was completed prior to another point in time. Example of past perfect: “I had thought you were a dog before I realized you were my head.”</p>
<p>“wrote” is the simple past tense. “I wrote a book” as opposed to “I had written a book when we met at the party.” </p>
<p>“Also, Had wrote and written are both incorrect, right?”</p>
<p>Yes, “written” is the past participle of “to write.”</p>
<p>@ Post #200,</p>
<p>That’s pretty fancy. :)</p>
<p>The programmers always talked of having too much to do, but in truth [they had a lesser amount of work to do than] their colleagues.
I chose B: [their work was the least among]
Answer is E: [they had less work to do than]
Shouldn’t there be a “did” or “had to do” at the end of the sentence to make E correct?</p>
<p>Also a SAT grammar writing question in general: every time I see “those which” or “in which” or “for which” I always cringe because they sound awkward. Are there any rules to “which” or are they always correct?</p>
<p>substituting E into the original sentence, we have :
The programmers always talked of having too much to do, but in truth they had less work to do than (did) their colleagues (did).
we can put did in either posistions as bracketed,but we can also simply omit it. </p>
<p>preposition + which/what/who = which/what/who … V+ preposition
EG. You don’t need to know about what they are talking.
=
You don’t need to know what they are talking about.</p>
<p>She was the one to whom I talked = She was the one whom I talked to</p>
<p>Anyone got any more? I think there may be one or two we haven’t covered yet.</p>
<p>silverturtle not on topic but your here so i’ll ask. do u think 73 on psat math is -2 or -3 because sara12 got 73.</p>
<p>-2 on Math has historically resulted in an average score of 73. However, I would have expected it to be 74 because the section seemed atypically difficult.</p>
<p>In the eighteenth century a simple method of musical notation helped to make music more popular than in any century.</p>
<p>why is “any century” wrong? what should it be?</p>
<p>I think it’s supposed to be “any other century” as 18th-century music could not be more popular than itself.</p>
<p>^ That’s correct.</p>
<p>Can someone please clarify the answer for this question again?</p>
<p>The programmers always talked of having too much to do, but in truth [they had a lesser amount of work to do than] their colleagues.</p>
<p>I chose B: [their work was the least among]</p>
<p>Answer is E: [they had less work to do than]</p>
<p>And is it “stressed over the test” or “stressed about the test” ?</p>
<p>Is this sentence correct? : Time is quiet as a nun</p>
<p>consistent with or consistent to?</p>
<p>when is opposite ‘to’ and ‘of’ used?</p>
<p>I would appreciate any replies. Thanks all</p>
<p>"Can someone please clarify the answer for this question again?</p>
<p>The programmers always talked of having too much to do, but in truth [they had a lesser amount of work to do than] their colleagues.</p>
<p>I chose B: [their work was the least among]</p>
<p>Answer is E: [they had less work to do than]"</p>
<p>B means that the work was the least among the colleagues. This is an illogical comparison. The work could be the least among the colleagues’ work, though.</p>
<p>“And is it ‘stressed over the test’ or ‘stressed about the test’?”</p>
<p>I believe both are fine. “about,” however, feels less colloquial.</p>
<p>“Is this sentence correct? : Time is quiet as a nun”</p>
<p>The most correct and complete form would be: “Time is as quiet as a nun.”</p>
<p>“consistent with or consistent to?”</p>
<p>“consistent with” is correct.</p>
<p>At the reception were the chattering guests, the three-tiered cake, and the lively music that have become characteristic of many wedding celebrations. No Error</p>
<p>It’s No Error because characteristic in this case is being used as an adjective to describe the other stuff but how was I supposed to know that it wasn’t being used as a noun (which is what I thought thinking it has to be “characteristics” since its plural)?</p>
<p>Also I have trouble with verb tense shift problems… should I try to learn all that present perfect past future blah blah stuff?</p>
<p>“should I try to learn all that present perfect past future blah blah stuff?”</p>
<p>It’s probably a good idea. Most of it’s intuitive, though.</p>
<p>“to describe the other stuff but how was I supposed to know that it wasn’t being used as a noun”</p>
<p>“characteristic of” usually means that the adjectival form is in use. It indeed could have been a noun, but we give the benefit of the doubt on error-identification questions.</p>
<p>when is “explanation of” and “explanation for” used? what is the significance of each?</p>
<p>when is “agreed to” and “agreed with” used? (btw, is the question framed properly? does it give the wrong meaning of when both are simultaneously used?) </p>
<p>is it “concede with”?</p>
<p>is it “impose ‘on’ you”?</p>
<p>“when is “agreed to” and “agreed with” used?”</p>
<p>“agreed to” means someone accepts or concedes something. “agreed with” means someone concurs with an idea.</p>
<p>“is it “concede with”?”</p>
<p>I have only found one (a freely editable) dictionary that supports using a preposition after “concede.” Usually, just an object is fine. If you do use a preposition, go with “to.”</p>