September 2010 ACT English Discussion

<p>^ Ohhhhhhh, was it the Houdini one that said “talent for self-promotion”?</p>

<p>I think it was one of the last houdini questions</p>

<p>What about the question:</p>

<p>one can lock one’s bike (no change)
everyone can lock their bike
riders can lock their bike
you can lock your bike</p>

<p>I chose riders but not sure</p>

<p>you can lock I think.</p>

<p>Also for that english woman one did you guys put:
From x to y, Frankie, an english woman,</p>

<p>yeah you are right for the english women</p>

<p>but for my question, isn’t “you” wrong because the tone of the essay never suggested “you”</p>

<p>Incorrect. If you read the second half of the sentence, he uses “you”. The sentence is in 2nd person.</p>

<p>I’m 100% sure it is “you.” At first I put “riders,” but then I noticed that the subject you appears later in the sentence.</p>

<p>yeah i saw the you at the second half of the sentence but what I’m saying is that the passage talked about the bikers as a whole and not specifically about “you”</p>

<p>so shouldn’t it have been riders or everyone?</p>

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<p>I believe this question asked which choice would NOT be acceptable, so the answer was “to.”</p>

<p>@high_jumper: You’re right that the passage generally was not in second person, but the author decided to switch to second person randomly and you had to notice that to get it right.</p>

<p>@abc and airfreshner</p>

<p>still unclear about the ;as a result, or simply the colon
i thought “;as a result” reverse the meaning and at the same time the colon one just seemed wrong. is there a consensus at the answer?</p>

<p>^^ I was referring to “to” being wrong in the context, not the wrong answer :p</p>

<p>EDIT: I put the colon. “;as a result” doesn’t make sense.</p>

<p>oh dang it! I put “riders”</p>

<p>Okay guys, Most likely I will retake in October for another try. This time im studying hardcore.</p>

<p>Twas pretty easy. Had a couple issues with some of the questions about commas but that was about it.</p>

<p>Who remembers the question that was about correcting something like " , but not"? I don’t remember the exact question but I debated whether the common was necessary for awhile.</p>

<p>i used the colon too, anyone else? “;as a result” or colon?</p>

<p>as a result was the wrong awnser. It was an except question so it was the rigth awnser. It couldn’t have been as a result the colors or something like that</p>

<p>^ the semicolon doesn’t make sense at all. It’s not logically correct with it. How was it an except question?</p>

<p>also do we have a consensus on moreover? i don’t remember if i put moreover or an… i remember considering that moreover didn’t fit in the context of the paragraph… but idr</p>

<p>thoughts?</p>

<p>We have 10000000000% on moreover.</p>

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<p>It was an EXCEPT question.</p>

<p>pretty sure it was moreover</p>

<p>anyone remember that houdini question, asking houdini reinvented himself? he reinvented himself; it was no change option and reinvented himself; which was another choice</p>