<p>As I've mentioned, hopefully a compilation of questions and answers will further develop our comprehension of the various subjects incorporated on the ACT.</p>
<p>I’ll start off:</p>
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<p>Options:
A) No change
B) Grueling
C) The most gruelingly
D) The most grueling</p>
<p>The answer is B. Is this essentially because the idea is to answer the question as simplistically as possible?</p>
<p>You need to add the line before this. We can’t tell whether the grueling-ness is being compared between two things, three things, or nothing. The answer from this sentence could be A, B, or D.</p>
<p>Ok, here it is:</p>
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<p>You use “more” and “most” only when comparing multiple objects.</p>
<p>More is used for comparing two objects. Most is for three or more objects.</p>
<p>Such as:</p>
<p>Between homework and throwing plastic beads, the latter is more grueling.</p>
<p>In this case, there is no comparison or “other activity” other than throwing beads, so B is correct.</p>
<p>Thanks, that makes sense. However, in general, isn’t it ideal to search for the most simplistic answer? I’ll try to look for an example exemplifying a situation in which that is portrayed.</p>
<p>Yes, in general, the simplistic can more usually correct, but it is more important for the answer to be grammatically correct than it to be concise.</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification!</p>
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<p>These are the following options:</p>
<p>F. No change
G. apparently
H. entirely
J. fully</p>
<p>The answer is G. What information enables one to declare this option to be correct?</p>
<p>The sentence is saying that something that seems simple is not really that simple.
Basically, everything is not as it seems. Seemingly simple things may be hard. </p>
<p>Therefore you need a synonym for seemingly.
Apparently fits that perfectly. (not actually being what its appearance indicates.)</p>
<p>Entirely and Fully mean wholly, and Visibly describes something that is obvious or easy to see. </p>
<p>So G is correct. H and J are out of the question, and F does not work well either.</p>
<p>Something that seems simple is apparent or obvious. Visibly, while able to mean the latter, is not the best answer because its out of context with “computing a person’s age” ( it’s not something that you see as obvious/apparent, but it’s a process of computing a person’s age that’s supposedly very obvious/ apparent). Apparently is the best answer in the context because of its ability to broadly describe different situations while visibly is more specific and in this case not quite proper to be used in this sentence.</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification. I think that I was solely acknowledging a few of the words oriented around the option, thus enabling the majority of the selections to work. I suppose that I should have considered the context as a whole.</p>