The English Thread for ACT December 2009

<p>dude i think it is met with other nations after the war or diving countries some country divigding stuff</p>

<p>@Sat</p>

<p>Why did u say that?</p>

<p>I thought that was really random. (like it didnt flow well with the next sentence)</p>

<p>And I’m a junior lol</p>

<p>Is there a particular grammar rule for “point ___” ??
I thought point ahead was correct (or incorrect, as an answer) because “point, jfkdla” would only make sense if the fragment was “Since that point, jkflda”
But this sentence started with “From that point, jfld;a” which wouldn’t make sense if a modifier didn’t follow “point”
Right? lol.</p>

<p>Yes asdf, point ahead was the one that would NOT be suitable, therefore it was correct. at least that’s what I put. Did anyone put " others’ "?</p>

<p>anymore opinions on the question about thr best transition in the stalin paragraph?</p>

<p>The Stalin question was definitely “no change,” as the next paragraph made a reference to knights (a little medieval theme there…), and made the most sense in context.</p>

<p>(Just for reference, I got a 36 English on my last ACT, and a 35 English on my first one.)</p>

<p>@government</p>

<p>ok that is reassuring</p>

<p>the government did u put ‘interesting’ or 'millenium for one of the questions?</p>

<p>bear- answer was millenium</p>

<p>regarding the stalin question, i am almost sure the answer was no change, meaning the sentence would remain as something like “Stalin resorted to war tactic of medieval times.” At first, this sentence didn’t seem to fit, but, as government mentioned, the next paragraph had a medieval reference that would have made no sense if the medieval tactic was not previously mentioned. The only other choice worth considering was the “stalin met with leaders of other countries to divide post-war territories” option, but when looking at the rest of the paragraph, it appears that this sentence would have been a pointless filler that hardly pertained to the beginning or the end.</p>

<p>@mabs - the question you asked about separating the paragraph is sentence 5, so you were right.</p>

<p>This is because the first part of the paragraph it talks about the achievements he had as a young astrophysicist; at sentence 5 there is a transition into his work at the planetarium.</p>

<p>i also have a question- did you guys get that the paragraph should remain in its original position for both of those questions?</p>

<p>@bear: millennium</p>

<p>@vcooper: Yes.</p>

<p>side note: does anyone have a curve prediction?</p>

<p>about a normal curve
so -1=35, -2=34, -3=33</p>

<p>Whew! I thought it was strange that I felt that both paragraphs should stay where they are.</p>

<p>Did you all seem to have a larger amount of No Change(s) than usual?</p>

<p>im not sure what the usual amount is (first ACT here) but i had a lot more than i expected that i would have</p>

<p>i did! i saw 2 in a row a lot!
i got a little worried</p>

<p>I had the same thing. A lot of pairs of No changes.</p>

<p>did anyone get any semicolons as their answer?</p>

<p>i dont think i did</p>