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Oh ok, guess I misinterpreted your previous post. :p</p>
<p>whodareswin yea I did</p>
<p>I did horribly on writing</p>
<p>Assuming my math score was perfect, about how many do you think I’d be able to miss in CR and Writing to meet the NM cutoff? I live in Texas so it’s generally only about 216.</p>
<p>I chose the original option. Regarding the “prior to recess” question.</p>
<p>violinplayer:</p>
<p>wait, which option did you choose?</p>
<p>i agree, i was a bit uncomfortable with the writing section- i literally had to gamble and take chances on questions (like should i omit or answer?).</p>
<p>It started with “prior to recess,” because otherwise that clause wasn’t modifying Congress. I think D?</p>
<p>i thought the “prior to” option just sounded better- i can’t really find any grammatical confirmation.</p>
<p>The prior to option was best because if it were kept original with the prior to at the end, it would seem like the prior to would be modifying the law</p>
<p>A couple of things…I’ve only read the first few pages on here so sorry if its’ already been said:</p>
<p>The second part of aggravate was BUTTRESS, which means “to support.” This was the right answer: The question talked about (i’m paraphrasing here) "some scientists found that sharp noises ____ the body’s regulation of blood pressure…; other scientists have found inconclusive evidence that ____ this correlation</p>
<p>So: some scientists have found that sharp noises AGGREVATE the body’s regulation of blood pressure; other scientists have found inconclusive evidence that BUTTRESSES (supports) the correlation</p>
<p>^^This works. One cannot “minimize” a correlation. There are no varying degrees to a correlation.</p>
<p>Month 4 was the answer for the popcorn one. It was asking which month had the biggest change from the month before it, so, while between months 3 and 4 the drinks went down while the total went up, month 4 is the correct answer because it was the month after the increase in popcorn sales.</p>
<p>The sunday one was monday (i literally counted this one out on my fingers to check my answer)</p>
<p>The extracurriculars one was 41</p>
<p>The one about the guy in the CR section, asking about how he acted in the rural areas vs. town was social/(I think it was reserved?)</p>
<p>The one about </p>
<p>On the “insure” one in the writing section, “insure” was the error:
It’s a usage error. “Insure” (look it up) means to protect someone/something with insurance. It’s irrelevant that in very old books “insure” and “ensure” are usually used interchangeably, since the right word here would not be “ensure” but actually “ASSURE”</p>
<p>Some people on here have said that “best known” should have been changed to “better known” on the writing section. I’m not sure this is correct. Take an actor famous for 1 movie, for example. Let’s say this actor was in 20 movies, but is only really known for 1. He would be “best” known for the 1 movie, not “better,” because he was in 20. Even if the sentence references 2 specific jobs, the person may have been involved in several others.</p>
<p>What did you guys put for the question in the CR section about why the author repeated the word “show”? I put because he was making a point about mankind’s place in the universe, since several of the other answers that would have otherwise made sense referenced “recent” or “current” scientific findings, while the passage actually discussed Copernicus and other scientists from centuries ago.</p>
<p>Apocryphal and affront were answers</p>
<p>Sympathetic was an answer (the author could understand why descartes felt that way)</p>
<p>Qualify was an answer (pretty much every conditional qualifies something, and in this case, the fisherman was qualifying his statement that the girl should go to school with “if it is what you want”)</p>
<p>p.s. What’s the College Board’s policy on discussing answers? Is this allowed?</p>
<p>what about the last identifying errors question on the egyptian pyramids- i got no error</p>
<p>The answer definitely started with “Prior to…”.</p>
<p>@Jmdo12: How does inconclusive evidence support anything?</p>
<p>jmdo12- i agree with about everything you said but the “butress” question.</p>
<p>Did anyone get these answers for CR?
-profound (Sentence Completion)
-placid (Sentence Completion)</p>
<p>yea i did 10char</p>
<p>Sorry if this was asked already, but you guys remember the question that asked for the author’s tone when writing “Very human, very understandable”? Was the answer sympathetic or apologetic? I thought that the author was trying to defend Descartes from criticism by admitting how understandable it was, not really that he was showing compassion or sharing Descartes’s feelings. Everybody I know put sympathetic, though, so I dunno.</p>
<p>Did anyone get these answers for CR?
-profound (Sentence Completion)
-placid (Sentence Completion)</p>
<p>I remember profound. But I’m not sure about placid.</p>
<p>you would be serene if somethign doesnt bother u but bothers others</p>
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It was about how most people perceive things as calamities, but this one girl is placid (or something remotely like that).</p>
<p>(i don’t mean to be obnoxious but…)</p>
<p>I think some people are misinterpreting the usage of “buttress” from its definition. It means to support, prop, or strengthen, but, when used in this case, it doesn’t mean “strength” as to increase, it means “support”:
[Buttress</a> - Meaning, definition, usage of buttress](<a href=“http://www.univsource.com/words/buttress-verb.htm]Buttress”>http://www.univsource.com/words/buttress-verb.htm)</p>
<p>Also, yes, placid was right. The girl wasn’t phased by the calamities, she stayed calm/placid.</p>