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<p>about that sentence completion question regarding the modern writer/critic:
the answer cannot be incontrovertible/trouble BECAUSE:</p>

<ol>
<li>"all but" negates the meaning of "incontrovertible", which means indisputable.</li>
<li>so, consider: although her status as a modern writer was "disputable" (replacing all but incontrovertible), her writings continue to "trouble" those who study her works. This is clearly confounded in meaning and comprehension.</li>
</ol>

<p>I answered hypothetical/polarize (D), which suggests that her writings split her viewers into disagreement, or opposing ends, though she was an established writer.</p>

<p>the answer could very well be inconclusive/provoke (E), though, which troubles me. =)
my thoughts on this is that "provoke" is far too weak to act upon the first half of the sentence... dunno. i mean, isn't she, as a good writer, supposed to provoke her readers, if she's had success and has been established in such a way already? any ideas?</p>

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<p>ahem... excuse me... just had a quick little question
what kind of scores do you need to qualify for the offered scholarships (i'm somewhat oblivious to how nmsqt rewards). i read a post somewhat recently saying that qualifying scores depend on the state you are from-- is that true?
thx, and good job to everyone who took the psat today</p>

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<p>i got a semicolon on one and a colon on another.</p>

<p>the one with depending for iceberg</p>

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<p>I believe the iceberg one was ", depending"</p>

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<p>"i thought from teh progress in 2002 for farmers supported it, i don't know"</p>

<p>Yeah, that's what I thought--although it wasn't really "research", it was a fact backing up the idea that there are no risks involved w/ GMOs.</p>

<p>I put depending for the iceberg one as well.</p>

<p>In response to the above poster, when you say "all but incontrovertible", doesn't that mean that it is virtually incontrovertible?</p>

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<p>the passage doesn't mention recent research.
However, benefits are mentioned, so I put the choice about the benefits</p>

<p>again, i thought that the acceptable answer was specifically for financial benefits?</p>

<p>or do i just have a terrible memory</p>

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<p>wbapwo,</p>

<p>Are you talking about the one having something to do with nobel prizes and finding supporters that were rebels or something?</p>

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<p>what was the semicolon sentence about wbapwo.</p>

<p>i kind of remember the iceberg one but i dont remember what i got.....</p>

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<p>In the CR, why was the author being unfair to Spanish?</p>

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<p>^^ yeah, had a problem with that one too</p>

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<p>i don't think the passage talked about financial benefits, it said society. </p>

<p>the spanish one was hard. i put because he learned both but preferred english, but i think i'm wrong</p>

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<p>jzf, I also chose the same answer for the hypothetical/polarize question. Now that I think about it, though, inconclusive/provoke makes sense too....(part of the reason I chose "polarize", though, was because it makes more sense in the context of politics). Ah, well.</p>

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<p>about that sentence completion question regarding the modern writer/critic:
the answer cannot be incontrovertible/trouble BECAUSE:</p>

<ol>
<li>"all but" negates the meaning of "incontrovertible", which means indisputable.</li>
</ol>

<p>i don't think the "all but" expression means the complete opposite.</p>

<p>for example, if you were to say they were all but wiped out in the attack</p>

<p>that would mean they were all wiped out except one...so they were almost, completely wiped out..</p>

<p>so all but incontrovertible means almost incontrovertible?</p>

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<p>we talked about the unfair spanish one earlier.....around post #130ish.</p>

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<p>he was being unfair to spanish because he was giving too much attention to one way it spread.</p>

<p>was one of the vocab ones "vaunted?"
and was the last question in the grammar section D?</p>

<p>and does anybody remember their last 3 answers to the last critical reading section? it was the confusing article on that autobiography of the lioness or whatever. for some reason i got c for the last three; that doesn't seem right.</p>

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<p>I can't remember the one w/ the semicolon</p>

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<p>^exactly, i agree with you, all but can be replaced with "virtually" (ex. it was "virtually" incontrovertible)</p>

<p>"was one of the vocab ones 'vaunted?'"</p>

<p>Yes.</p>

<p>"lioness or whatever. for some reason i got c for the last three; that doesn't seem right."</p>

<p>If I remember correctly, I bubbled three c's as well.</p>

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<p>"all but" is an idiom that means almost. So all but incontrovertible would make sense, contrasting with bringing trouble.</p>

<p>From yahoo dictionary: all but</p>

<pre><code>Nearly; almost: all but crying with relief.
</code></pre>

<p><a href="http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/all%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>for the last question on teh grammar section, i put</p>

<p>women are as capable as men, even though...</p>

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<p>oh i remember getting a triple towards the end daneshk....i think it was C.</p>