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<li> The mistakes one makes growing up is not necessarily repeated by ones children.
a. is not necessarily repeated
b. is not necessarily to repeat
c. is not a necessity to be repeated
d. are not necessarily repeated
e. are not necessary to be repeated</li>
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<p>Okay I picked E because it sounded like it was talking about the future. 'repeated' sounds like the past</p>
<p>Also, there was a Improving paragraph question:</p>
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<p>Okay the correct answer is B. But B is an incomplete sentence which was the exact reason why I didn't chose it. I thought SAT count incomplete sentences as wrong?</p>
<p>firstly, ask your self the question: what is the subject of the sentence? underline it, and see if the quantity of the subject agrees with the quantity of the verb. Good, you did that. </p>
<p>Secondly, think about what “necessary” modifies: the word “repeated” or the word “mistakes”? How do you figure this out? look at the initial sentence. necessarily modifies repeated. choice E says implies that “necessary” modifies mistakes, which construes the original meaning.</p>
<p>^to avoid all of that thinking process, choice E, at least for me, just sounds eccentric.</p>
<p>@cecilia87 I think the same way. The “to be” in choice E just sounds like extra unnessecary words. I feel like choice D conveys the same meaning in a more concise manner. </p>
<p>Don’t try to add unnecessary grammar rules to the picture, you’ll just end up confusing yourself. If you’ve learned about grammar in high school and you have a good mastery of what sounds correct in the English language, go with what sounds right. Think to yourself, “if someone said this to me in casual conversation, would it sound weird?” It’ll probably be the right answer 90% of the time.</p>
<p>How about the second question? I was in kind of in a conundrum because I usually get “incomplete sentence” wrong, but in this question, it is right! I know B sounds the best, but how does the test-taker know when to pick a fragment and when not to?</p>
<p>“Consider shy people.” is a complete sentence. The verb is “consider” and the subject is an understood you. </p>
<p>“Read the instructions.” is another example of a complete sentence with an understood you as the subject.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering ^</p>
