<p>“whereby” is a rarely used term these days; it is unlikely to be in any correct answer on the SAT.</p>
<p>thanks…</p>
<p>“whereby” is a rarely used term these days; it is unlikely to be in any correct answer on the SAT. </p>
<p>I have QAS’s in which “whereby” was the correct answer, something i repitetively get wrong.</p>
<p>The changes in the employees’ benefit plan, especially the increase in insurance fees, (have so angered the workers that they have threatened) a general strike.</p>
<p>How is that correct?
Why isn’t it (have angered the workers, threatening) or (have angered the workers to threaten)…</p>
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<p>Well, hopefully not any more. :)</p>
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<p>The sentence idiomatically conforms to the format: so [verb] that [verb], as in:</p>
<p>“I am so hungry that I could eat a moose.”</p>
<p>It can’t be “have angered the workers, threatening…” because, even though “workers” is right next it, the noun modified by the participle “threatening” is not grammatically clear. </p>
<p>“have angered workers to threaten” is incorrect. “to threaten” could either be the infinitive verb form or short for “in order to.” Logically, the purpose of the increase in fees was not to anger workers, so “in order to” would not be correct. The infinitive form is also wrong because the verb “anger” does not take an infinitive as an object.</p>
<p>gotcha, thanks</p>
<p>I feel like my scores can go up each time this guy explains something.</p>
<p>She was concerned about how Hank would react to
the incident, but in searching his face, he did not
seem to be at all embarrassed or troubled.</p>
<p>(A) in searching his face, he did not seem to be
(B) by searching his face, it showed that he
was not
(C) a search of his face showed that he seemed not
(D) searching his face, he did not seem to be
(E) his face being searched showed that he
was not</p>
<p>C is the answer. My reasoning for c is because C sounds the most coherent? lol Is there a specific error here?</p>
<p>Another question:</p>
<p>Experiments have shown that human skin provides natural protection against a surprising
large number of infectious bacteria. </p>
<p>A) have shown B)provides C) surprising D) number of E) no error</p>
<p>Is the answer C because the word astounding or a synonym for large should be substituted for surprising? </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
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<p>Choice (A): “in searching his face” requires a noun to modify. Logically, “she” is being modified; “she” is the one doing the searching. Grammatically, however, “he” is the one being modified, as “he” immediately follows the phrase.</p>
<p>Choice (B): This has a similar problem. “by searching his face” needs to modify “she,” but it isn’t. Also, “it” does not have a clear antecedent.</p>
<p>Choice (D): Same problem as choice (A) had.</p>
<p>Choice (E): “being” is a gerund; gerunds are nouns, and nouns that modify nouns need to be in the possessive case. “face” would need to be “face’s.”</p>
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I think surprising has to be “surprisingly”</p>
<p>^ Yes, because “surprising” is modifying “large,” which is an adjective. Only adverbs modify adjectives.</p>
<ol>
<li>Japan’s climate is <similar to=“” the=“” northeastern=“” coast=“” of=“” united=“” states=“”>.
a. similar to the Northeastern coast’s climate
b. similar to that of the northeastern coast</similar></li>
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<p>The answer is b, but why can’t it be a? Japan’s climate and Northeastern coast’s climate are parallel structures, aren’t they??</p>
<ol>
<li>The changes in the employee’s benefit plan, especially the increase in insurance fees, <has angered=“” the=“” workers=“” and=“” threatened=“”> a general strike.
a. have so angered the workers that they have threatened
b. have angered the workers, threatening
c. have angered the workers to threaten</has></li>
</ol>
<p>The answer is a, but it sounds so redundant…and why are b and c wrong?</p>
<ol>
<li>Because his physique was exceptionally hardy and well preserved, NASA officials chose 77 year old John Glenn to participate…blah blah blah…</li>
</ol>
<p>But does it make sense to have NASA officials right after describing John Glenn’s hardy and well preserved physique?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>A volunteer organization, the Covington Soup Kitchen [has been fading] needy families [since] 1977, annually [distributing nearly] a million pounds of food [each year]. [No error]</p>
<p>Why does “each year” consist an error, which is the correct answer?</p>
<p>to eagle,
I think its because each year is supposed to be (every year). Also, I was wondering why you had a spelling error, fading should be feeding. lol</p>
<p>Every year would still be referred to each of the year that goes by, though. I don’t see how both, in comparison, are redundant. Cause they kind of referred each year to the volunteer organization doing the food distribution each of the year.</p>
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<p>They are parallel in structure but not in logic. Climates must be compared to climates.</p>
<p>Edit: I misread the choices. Please see crazybandit’s post #341.</p>
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<p>See post #326.</p>
<p>Silverturtle, mind explaning why each year has to be switched to every year?</p>
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<p>“annually” means the same thing as “each year,” and sp it is erroneously redundant.</p>