The English Thread for ACT December 2009

<p>does anyone remember what they put for the one at the beginning of the three sisters passage? it was like:</p>

<p>has been
have been
was for a long time</p>

<p>and something else</p>

<p>“have been” </p>

<p>If I remember correctly, it was speaking about the “Three Sisters” which refers to more than one plant; thus, it needs a plural verb to correspond with the subjects.</p>

<p>There was a question that talked about a philosoher I believe. And one question was phisosopher First name Last name. Was the philosophers name supposed to be an appositive or left as is, without any commas?</p>

<p>It was without commas</p>

<p>Oh good! Cause at first I had it with comma but changed it after seeing it without commas near the end of the passage. Well that’s exciting. :)</p>

<p>i agree with 9student9, though most people on here dont.
just “point” doesn’t work, because the sentence starts with the word “from.” From where to where? There has to be an indirect object. “from that point on/forward/ahead” all work, even though ahead sounds funny. but to say “from that point, he blah blah blah,” youre left hanging. From that point where? indirect object needed! (unless you changed “from” to “since”…then it would make sense not to modify “point”)</p>

<p>I also put the “from that point” as the answer for whatever question that was.
I thought “from that point ahead” sounded correct.</p>

<p>Oh wellz.</p>

<p>“from that point ahead” implies distance, as in a point that is ahead of you (geographically or chronologically), and, as such, is not correct. </p>

<p>I can assure you that “from that point ahead” is wrong.</p>