PSAT 2010 Wednesday Writing Discussion

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<p>Aiming for 2 wrong. 3 wrong = screwed because of penalty. </p>

<p>OH MY GOODNESS</p>

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<p>^ Aiming for zero wrong. :)</p>

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<p>So nervous!</p>

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<p>actally 2 wrong is 3 off raw score and 2 omits is only 2</p>

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<p>^ Umm, no… >_> Do the math. Let’s say there is a max Raw Score of 58. If you omit two questions and get the rest right, you get a Raw Score of 56. If you get two questions wrong and get the rest right, you get a Raw Score of 55.5, which rounds to a 56.</p>

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<p>Are we allowed to discuss specific questions?</p>

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<p>Can you be the younger of the 3 siblings? :frowning: I missed that part. Sooo easy I just didn’t read it because I was so caught up on the “either” part.</p>

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<p>You have to be the youngest…lol. I was tripped up but picked younger as being wrong.</p>

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<p>Damn. I was so caught up in deciding whether “either” should be “both.” I was fatigued :(</p>

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<p>I was so excited for writing dude…I finished with like 8 minutes to go haha.</p>

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<p>how many E (no error) were on the second portion of the writing (identifying sentence errors)?</p>

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<p>^I got 3, one of which I know is incorrect.</p>

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<p>was it better or best? I thought it was best</p>

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<p>I got 3 I think</p>

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<p>What was the answer to the Egypt question? No error? </p>

<p>And what was the answer to the corporation question where “to where” was a choice for an error? Was that the error?</p>

<p>I got 3 no errors. And the answer was better.</p>

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<p>i got 4 but i know i missed 1 or 2 of them</p>

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<p>Although he is best known as the author of many books, Olney also enjoys writing shorter pieces for magazines and newspapers.</p>

<p>[Although</a> he is best known as the author of many books, Olney also enjoys writing shorter pieces for magazines and newspapers. Here’s one of his favorites. It appeared in a Southern California newspaper.](<a href=“http://www.rossrolney.net/page/page/5814615.htm]Although”>http://www.rossrolney.net/page/page/5814615.htm)</p>

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<p>Better known is a valid expression. I put “to be built” in the Egypt question since it seemed to throw the time reference off, but I’m not sure. “To have been built” seemed to be the only way to word it properly, dunno. “To where” was definitely the error.</p>

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<p>Instead of “be built”, it was supposed to be “have been built”.</p>

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<p>well so is best known</p>

<p>the way you say it makes it sound like a stylistic preference</p>