Some questions for PSAT

Test Preparation
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<p>---I got my hands on a PSAT full-length practice test and took it today. My question: How accurate will my score from this test be compared to my score from the real thing?</p>

<p>---Just some questions from the test (I think I know the explanations to the answers; I just want to make sure):</p>

<p>Opposite to the opinion of several respected literary critics, Jane Austen does not make good taste or manners in themselves sure signs of virtue in her characters. Answer: Opposite to</p>

<p>--Is this a wrong use of diction or an issue of illogical comparison?</p>

<p>If not in good physical condition, a bicycle excursion through the countryside can be painfully exhausting. Answer: If not</p>

<p>--Is this an issue of illogical comparison? Why shouldn't the sentence have "could be" instead of can be? Isn't there an issue with the subjunctive mood or something like that?</p>

<p>Such a bold stroke would transfrom the city's two railroad terminals into through stations and might also be the signal for competing railroads to work as a team. Answer: No error</p>

<p>--Shouldn't the answer be "and might also" because the correct form is "and may also?"</p>

<p>When looking at modern photographs of that area of Indonesia, the effects of the 1883 eruption of the volcano Krakatau are still evident. Answer: When looking</p>

<p>--Illogical comparison of two objects?</p>

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<h1>2 and #4 are the same error: dangling element</h1>

<p>In each of those sentences the opening phrase does not have a subject, so the subject has to be the word the comes right after the comma- or, you can insert a subject into the opening phrase. Since you do not have the option of changing the word after the comma, you need to fix the sentence in the beginning.</p>

<p>Both of those errors are A.
To correct: If a person is not in good physical condition,
When one looks at modern photographs.....</p>

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<p>Ok
BTW, am I breaking the copyrighted material rule by posting these questions?</p>