SAT idioms???

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<p>Does anyone know any frequently used SAT idioms???? They keep bringing my score down in writing :( please help!! :D</p>

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<p>The SAT doesn’t focus on idioms. You are just confused. An idiom is something like “to kick the bucket,” which means “to die.”</p>

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<p>im pretty sure there would be at least 5 questions on them
i know, i have problems with them also
the BB lists a lot of the useful ones actually</p>

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<p>^No, you are probably mistaken as well. Why would CB test idioms if it is a reasoning test? Idioms don’t follow the rules of grammar. Idioms are phrases that you just have to know. These are very rare on the SAT. You can’t figure out what an idiom means if you don’t know it beforehand. This goes against what the SAT’s main focus is–reasoning and using logic to deduce something</p>

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<p>The idioms are unusual, and I don’t think it’s something that you can prepare for. However, the SAT does not test solely on logic and reasoning. Knowing vocabulary, a substantial part of the test, (though not the only thing you need to answer those kinds of questions), is also important on the SAT.</p>

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<p>The SAT tests idioms…
Even in the online writing answers, you’ll find a few “x is an idiom” answers</p>

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<p>Who claimed that it did?</p>

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<p>The College Board has several hundred mis-uses of “idiom” and its derivates on its Web site.</p>

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<p>The bulk of the writing section is idioms…</p>

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<p>Yea the SAT doesn’t really test on “idioms” but rather how to use prepositions and conjunctions properly. But these rules are typically not learned and become apparent naturally, I suppose. </p>

<p>idk, one of the important ones I first learned was “either…or and neither…nor”. The rest can’t really be learned</p>

<p>That being said here is one thread, you might find useful:<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/309616-common-sat-idioms.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/309616-common-sat-idioms.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Correlative conjunctions are not idiomatic.</p>

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<p>Please elaborate on your false claim.</p>

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<p>^Yes, that’s why I said the first statement. But the OP wants help probably, and doesn’t want to be lectured on the semantics of his request. I just said that, as something helpful that was stated in Rocket Review as an “idiom”.</p>

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<p>I suppose bulk isn’t a correct as it is not a majority, but a good portion of the writing section tests idioms. The purpose of my statement was to refute the previous statements that the SAT did not test idioms.</p>

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<p>I do not recall anyone’s having claimed that the SAT does not test idioms. What do you mean by “good portion”? Surely not more than one idiom for every ~100 Writing questions.</p>

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<p>It simply doesn’t make sense for them to test idioms because understanding them (knowing if one of them is correct or incorrect) doesn’t require reasoning at all. The CR vocabulary is somewhat different since you need to fill in the blanks, which requires reasoning; it is a two-step process. A small number of idioms may appear in tests just by chance occurrence.</p>

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<p>so anyone have a list of the proper prepositions to use after certain words? (ex. tendency to, disagree with, etc.)</p>

<p>test tomorrow!</p>

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<p>There are thousands of words that work with every preposition…it wont help on the last day. just sleep</p>

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<p>A lot of them you should know just from speaking english for 16-17 years.</p>

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<p>^That’s true.</p>