<p>^^Thanks</p>
<p>(Word limit)</p>
<p>^Nothing, except it’s just too wordy</p>
<p>I’ve got an another question:
Until recently many students would take lengthy trips during spring (break rather than temporary jobs like now)
A. as it is
B. break; now they take temporary jobs</p>
<p>B is the correct answer, but why not A?</p>
<p>Another question:
(Despite) the attorney’s moving plea, the judge (placed) the juvenile offender (on) probation for an (indecisive) period. (No error) </p>
<p>The KEY says it’s D but whats wrong with the word indecisive?</p>
<p>On the eating food question: I would only rely on the “too wordy” reason if you don’t see any other problem, but there is a significant problem here. You’ve got a parallelism problem. Simplify the sentence like this and consider the structure:</p>
<p>Eating food that (blabla)causes the same reaction as ________ too fast.</p>
<p>“Eating food” and “eating too fast” are parallel. “Eating food” and “it does when eating too fast” are completely different types of grammatical structures.</p>
<p>On the queston about:
(Despite) the attorney’s moving plea, the judge (placed) the juvenile offender (on) probation for an (indecisive) period. (No error) </p>
<p>Only people and perhaps animals can be “indecisive”. Did you look up the word in a dictionary? It almost seems that a vocabulary question has appeared in the wrong section, but that happens sometimes. I guess you could classify this as an Idiom issue.</p>
<p>Isn’t the judge putting the juvenile on a indecisive probation? or are you saying that period can’t be defined as indecisive like: indecisive period only indecisive person or animal?</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick and definitive replies.</p>
<p>One of the big golden rules of the Writing Section grammar is this:
A modifier should always be next to the thing that it modifies. </p>
<p>The adjective “indecisive” is next to “period” not “judge” so we must assume it modifies “period”.</p>
<p>“Indecisive” means “unable to decide,” not “undecided.” The word that really belongs in that spot is “indefinite.”</p>
<p>I got three more questions:
- I have gone (to) (only one) football game (after) I (graduated) from high school (No Error)
- The radio station received (the most number) of calls from listeners (on the evening) (it) aired a discussion of (the music of) Aretha Franklin (No Error)
- When the village elders (present) recommendations, (there is) (hardly ever) any opposition (against) their proposals. (No error)</p>
<p>I got all three wrong: so would really like a thorough example. (When I get a good score on the real test I will pay you back hehe)</p>
<p>^ °.° Lol, I just saw those questions on my friend’s SAT book.
- after
- the most number
- against</p>
<p>^ I have the answer key to these questions too, but thank you! I want to know the reason these are wrong.</p>
<p>18) Until recently, most people (entering) politics (feel) that loss of privacy was (a fair price) to pay (for) the chance to participate in policy making.</p>
<p>The answer is ‘B’-feel, and I understand it should be ‘felt’ in the past tense, so should entering also be in the past tense. Shouldn’t it read “Most people who entered politics felt…”</p>
<p>20) When Doris Lessing published the Golden Notebook in 1962, (it) (instantly established) herself…</p>
<p>The answer is ‘A’-it. Is it because ‘it’ does not refer to anything? There are no explanations so I want to know I got it right for the right reason.</p>
<p>21) (Not many) authors (have described) the effects of environmental pollution (as effective as) Rachel Carson, whose…</p>
<p>The answer is ‘C’, and I think it is because of an illogical comparison but again I’m not sure since if it was wouldn’t Rachel Carson also be underlined?? Also, if the word ‘did’ was place after Rachel Carson, would it be a logical comparison than?</p>
<p>29) (Despite) its cultural importance, the Daily Gazette (lost) 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 and, by 1995, (was losing) (as much as) 200,000 a year.</p>
<p>I thought it was ‘No Error’, but apparently it is ‘B’…</p>
<p>25) The famous filmmaker (had a tendency) (of changing) his recollections, perhaps (out of boredom) (at having) to tell interviewers the same story over and over.</p>
<p>Why is the answer ‘B’?</p>
<p>26) Norwegian writer Sigrid Undset (is like) the novelist Sir Walder Scott (in) her use of historical backgrounds, but unlike (his books), she dwells on the psychological (aspects of) her characters.</p>
<p>Why ‘C’?</p>
<p>27) The television station (has received) many complaints (about) the clothing advertisements, (which some) viewers condemn (to be) tasteless.</p>
<p>Why ‘D’?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot! Lots of question but I really appreciate it!</p>
<p>
You’re all over the place. Cramming for the October one?
Replace after with since. Have gone is in the present perfect, describing a state from some time in the past up to now–precisely what since means.
After is more often used in the simple past. After I attended the graduation ceremony, I went to a football game. After I attended the graduation ceremony, I have gone to only one football game–should sound wrong to you.</p>
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You use most to refer to uncountable things. Number is countable, so instead of most, you should use “highest” or “greatest” or the like.</p>
<p>
Opposition to, not opposition against. Opposition against is redundant if you think about it.</p>
<p>
Entering is here a present participle function as an adjective and therefore never tense-contingent. </p>
<p>
The golden notebook didn’t establish Lessing; she did by publishing the golden notebook, so the sentence should read she instantly established herself… This is a hard one and I could be wrong but if you insist “it” is the error, then that would be why. Heh, I’m morphing explanations to fit answers but there’s not much to work with here.</p>
<p>
It’s not an illogical comparison error because the sentence compares authors with a particular: Rachel Carson. The answer is C because the comparing phrase “as__as” is here modifying a verb(described), so the adverbial form is needed: as effectively as…</p>
<p>
This one came up before. I can’t rememeber from which test but “lost” should be “has lost” because the present perfect tense is needed to signal continuous action originating from some time in the past. Lost is the simple past form of to lose, and simple tenses describe instantaneous, momentary, or habitual action. “Since” should cue you, as it means “continuously from this past point” (slight rephrasing of the definition I offered above but I don’t really know the exact definition).</p>
<p>
Tendency to
This is an illogical comparsion. The sentence starts by comparing two authors but then moves on to compare one author to the other’s books.</p>
<p>
Condemn as tasteless.</p>
<p>^Thanks, great explanations. Yeah, preparing for the October one.</p>
<p>bb. p845</p>
<ol>
<li>While driving down the road, the house with the large yard and small pond attracted the family’s attention..</li>
</ol>
<p>I chose: [D] the family’s attention was attracted by the house with the large yard and small pond</p>
<p>Correct answer: [E] the family was attracted to the house with the large yard and small pond</p>
<p>I think D is incorrect due to passive force, but why the heck is E correct? E states that the family was attracted to the house, not the family’s attention. Shouldn’t the answer and the original sentence generally imply the same meaning?</p>
<p>^ I think the reason E is correct is because of the modifying sentence before it: “While driving down the road” is modifying “the family”. The family’s “attention” isn’t driving down the road its the family that is driving down the road.</p>
<p>I’m not a pro on writing but hope this helps.</p>
<p>(BB/p.408/q.11) The famous battle depicted in the film Braveheart took place in northern England, and many people assume that it was the Scottish Highlands.
(A) and many people assume that it was
(B) many people assuming
(C) but many people assume it to be
(D) not what many people assume
(E) not, as many people assume, in</p>
<p>Why is E, but not C?</p>
<p>I wanna ask about the question 32 of the Writing Section ( sec 6/ test 1). Why on the question 32: is C but not D?</p>
<p>I got another question:</p>
<p>After the prince characterized modern architecture (as ugly), he (has been) (severely) criticized for having been so outspoken in public. (No Error)</p>
<p>The error occurs at B and I’m assuming that it is so because of the tense, but at the end of the sentence “having been” fluctuated my assumption. Help please…</p>