<p>@Fatchoco the reason its E and C is because of parallelism.
E is the only answer choice that matches the parallelism “took place IN northern England” with NOT, as many people assume, IN.</p>
<p>As I said before I’m not a pro, but I believe that’s the reason why the answer is E. Hope it helps…</p>
<p>@ Antonioray Can you use more for countable things? Do you know a site where I can obtain such information?</p>
<p>@Batjin- can you give me some links where i can find few good questions on writing part…m preparing for the January one</p>
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Fluctuated huh?</p>
<p>anyway, having been… is here a gerund, for it serves as the object of the preposition “for.”
Thus, it does not carry any tense, so “has been” should be the simple past tense “was” because “after” already subordinates the first clause to the second temporally. “After I ate dinner, I went to sleep.” “After I ate dinner, I has gone to sleep” is absurd.</p>
<p>You can use more for countable things. More rabbits chose hopping over the fence over sleeping. (I didn’t use sheep, the first example to come to mind, because it does not numerically inflect).</p>
<p>As an adjective, more can also modify noncount things. More knowledge is always good for you.</p>
<p>Which reminds me: I probably erred in my explanation regarding “most” above. There’s no rule that forbids most from pairing with countable nouns: Most proctors are nice.
If the choice containing most is indeed wrong, then I would throw it under the blanket “idioms and diction” category because it violates no other commonly presented SAT rule. </p>
<p>Although… most has two meanings. As an adverb, it describes extrema and serves to create the superlative degree of comparison. “Most distant from the sun…” As an adjective, most can also describe extrema; however, the Merriam-Webster entry seems to reserve that adjectivial sense of most to noncount nouns: “The most ability.”</p>
<p>The other adjectivial use, of course, means “a simple majority of ___”</p>
<p>Highest, greatest, and largest just seem like more idiomatic substitutes for “most” when modifying countable nouns.</p>
<p>As for links, well, your method of obtaining them is as good as mine gooooooooogggle.</p>
<p>At the conclusion of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner recently (arrived) to New York, (moodily) (watches) the blinking green light at (the tip) of Long Island. (No error?)
Why is A?</p>
<p>Mr chung would like ot retire,but he is unable to afford that.
This choice is wrong because the relative pronoun ‘That’ is ambiguous…I dun really see why it is ambiguous thouigh</p>
<p>1) One of the earliest of the ancient Greek writers of love poetry, Sappho (has had such a a profound influence on) later lyric poets that she came to be known as “the tenth Muse.”</p>
<p>C) has so profoundly influenced
D) so profoundly influenced
E) profoundly influenced</p>
<p>Why is D correct and why are C and E wrong?</p>
<p>2) The rescuers reached the (skiers, found them apparently unharmed, but they nevertheless were taken) to the hospital for observation.</p>
<p>A) skiers, found them apparently unharmed, but they nevertheless were taken
D) skiers and found them apparently unharmed but nevertheless took them
E) skiers, apparently found unharmed, but nevertheless were taken</p>
<p>I picked A. What’s wrong with it. Why is B a better choice? It seemed like a big sentence to me and i thought maybe a comma before “but” in B would be necessary. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>(By painting them) this afternoon, the walls would be completely dry by tomorrow evening. </p>
<p>B) If they would have been painted
C) Were they to be painted</p>
<p>I read Silverturtle’s explanation on this. He writes, “the sentence would have had to be reworded as If they would have been painted this afternoon, the walls would have been completely dry by tomorrow evening.”</p>
<p>What is the error if it is not reworded? Since it is talking about the future, shouldn’t it be “the walls will have been?” What makes C right? </p>
<p>Can someone elaborate?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>(Something of) a phenomenon (in) the entertainment world, political satirists (are admired) by conservatives and radicals (alike).</p>
<p>Why is A not wrong? I thought something was singular while the subject is plural. Is something refering to “a phenomenon”? The answer is no error</p>
<p>Professor Chen repeated (the point that) the hero, if (given) the chance (to relive) the moment, would choose to (do it). </p>
<p>I know “do it” is wrong and it does sound weird to me, but I would like to know the grammatically reason behind why it is wrong. Can “it” not refer to the action of the hero reliving the moment?</p>
<p>Social scientists (agree that) a system (for exchanging) goods and services is (not only) present but also (of necessity) in all societies. </p>
<p>I realize that not only… but also… is a correlative conjunction and should link two phrases/ words of equal grammatical value (yes?). Present is an adjective in this sentence i think but what is “of necessity” considered as? I thought it was also an adjective.</p>
<p>anyone? 10char</p>
<p>[As] children mature, they develop [an independence] that their parents, who [have been] responsible for them since they were born, often find difficult [to accept]. [no error]</p>
<p>The correct answer is no error, but could [who] be changed to whom?</p>
<p>bump. 10char</p>
<p>Can anyone help me with this?</p>
<p>Experiments have shown that human skin provides natural protection against a </p>
<p>surprising large number of infectious bacteria. </p>
<p>The answer is C. surprising???
What’s wrong with “SURPRISING”!</p>
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<p>Silverturtle, collegeboard’s answer for this question is E (no error). Could you please explain this question further? :)</p>
<p>@Alexbui the word surprising is supposed to be an adverb since it is defining the word “shown” if you strip the sentence down it will read as follows: Experiments have shown a surprising large number of infectious bacteria. When read like this the word surprising sounds awkward. </p>
<p>Hope it helps.</p>
<p>@dream2rutgers
I don’t whether it can be whom or not, but since that the word is not underlined it can be safe to assume that it’s grammatically correct.</p>
<p>oblivi0n, to answer your question about the sentence about painting walls: The first clause in this sentence is in the subjunctive mood, rather than the indicative. The first clause states a condition contrary to fact. The verbs in the subjunctive differ from the indicative. (There may be some other names for subjunctive–it is the one I learned, though, and I think you can google it to find out about the verb forms.) Near us, it is fairly common to hear statements such as “If I would have known that she was going, I would have gone too.” This is incorrect. The correct form of the statement should be “If I had known that she was going, I would have gone too.” Again, the first clause is in the subjunctive. (The implication is that the speaker did not know.)</p>
<p>At the conclusion of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner recently (arrived) to New York, (moodily) (watches) the blinking green light at (the tip) of Long Island. (No error?)
Why is A?</p>
<p>
either he can’t afford retirement or he can’t afford liking to retire (might drain him mentally)
Present perfect is inappropriate here; both the action and its influence ended in the past.
E is missing the “so…that” construction that serves as an intensifer (so intensifies, that describes to what extent). Without the so, that would have no place in the sentence. (also why D is correct)
Well I don’t know what B is but I’ll do my best:
A contains an ambiguity. them could refer either to the skiers, the rescuers, or even both groups. ditto for they. E is passive and D should be the right answer (unless B is better) because the rescuers are everywhere the subject and the skiers everywhere the object.</p>
<p><a href=“By%20painting%20them”>quote</a> this afternoon, the walls would be completely dry by tomorrow evening.
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By suggest that the walls must paint themselves. C’s were creates a contrary-to-fact condition that complements the consequent (drying), and makes the walls the object to be painted (by anyone). Will and would would both work here (generally, will is used for consequents with likely conditions and would for consequents with unlikely ones).</p>
<p><a href=“Something%20of”>quote</a> a phenomenon (in) the entertainment world, political satirists (are admired) by conservatives and radicals (alike).
[/quote]
Something takes phenomenon as the object of the preposition of. Indeed, no error.</p>
<p>
OK this is tricky one. I don’t think it refers to anything here (as you can’t do a moment–only the action within the moment). The hero could choose to relive, but to relive is a verb and “it” is the object of the transitive verb “to do”; “to relive” does not serve the same function within its clause. Infinitive phrases can serve as nouns, but the infinitive phrase here is an adjective modifying “chance” (chance to what?).</p>
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Present is not underlined and therefore correct. It is an adjective, so for parallel structure, of necessity should be necessary. </p>
<p>
“parents” is the antecedent of the relative pronoun after the comma, and they are doing the “have been,” so “who” must be there.</p>
<p>
Adverb yes, but it is not defining “shown.” Instead, it is modifying “large.”</p>
<p>Not much to explain for the “by” question except that it’s correct.</p>
<p>
One arrives at New York, not to New York. Since to is not underlined, the fault must be in “arrived.” Replace it with some other verb that can take the preposition “to,” like traveled.</p>
<p>Just some random essay questions I felt I should confirm:
<p>[Introduction]
[Quote (and quoter)]
[Explain…]</p>
<p>For example,</p>
<p>(Copy-pasted Introduction)Throughout the long journey in which we know as life, one strives to grow with knowledge, and ultimately use that knowledge to enhance and improve their prospective in the world. It is truly a necessity of the educated mind to think and then doubt, and finally rethink.</p>
<pre><code> Honesty is always the best policy
-Susan Miller
</code></pre>
<p>The aforementioned saying…etc etc etc</p>
<ol>
<li>Can I put something like this at the end of my conclusion - to end the essay? Is it too informal?
"Was the experience a scathing one? Very (or “Yes” or “You bet”). Did I learn a lot from it? Much more than one would ever imagine.</li>
</ol>
<p>They’re pretty random. Just felt the need to get other people’s opinions.</p>