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<p>I am pretty decent on writing, i got 730 on the real one, and am hoping to get 800 but it is so hard! I did so many wriing practices and these are the ones why I do not know are the right answers. </p>

<p>for those of you who get less than -3 on writing sections, since i always get -3 or -4, could you guys also leave some tips? thanks.</p>

<p>-----CBB2 (1st edi) #16, 25</p>

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<li>[Along] the curve of islands known as the Florida Keys [lies] a reef of living coral, [the only one] of [a kind] in the continental United States.</li>
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<p>answer is D, "a kind".</p>

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<li>Intense preoccupation [on] technique [appears to be] [the one] trait that great pianists [have in] common.</li>
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<p>answer is A, "on".</p>

<p>-----Jan 06 #28</p>

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<li>Five years in [the writing], her new book is [both a response] to her critics' mistrust [with] her earlier findings and [an elaboration] of her original thesis.</li>
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<p>answer is C, "with"</p>

<p>----CBB1 (1st edi) #28</p>

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<li>[Quick to] [take advantage] of Melanie Johnson's [preoccupation in] the history of the Johnson family, the genealogist proposed investigation [that] history - for a large fee.</li>
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<p>answer is C, "preoccupation in".</p>

<p>----March 05 #25, 27</p>

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<li>The famous filmmaker [had a tendency] [of changing] his recollections, perhaps [out of boredom] [at having] to tell interviews the same story over and over.</li>
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<p>answer is D, "of changning". I know it is "to change" but why?</p>

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<li>The television station [has received] many complaints [about] the clothing advertisements, [which some] viewers condemn [to be] tasteless.</li>
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<p>answer is D, "to be".</p>

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<p>I know these are alot but it would be awesome if you guys keep me out of darkness of ignorance. THANKS!</p>

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<li><p>One says, “One of a kind” or “The only one of its kind.”</p></li>
<li><p>“preocupation with” is the idiom.</p></li>
<li><p>“mistrust with” is unidiomatic.</p></li>
<li><p>See #25.</p></li>
<li><p>Abstract nouns like “tendency” often take the infinitive as direct objects.</p></li>
<li><p>“condemn as” is the idiom.</p></li>
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<p>Silver you seem to know the answer to all the sat writing questions. What did you get on the SAT?</p>

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<p>I got 2270 freshman year with no preparation, but I’m retaking this month and hoping for higher.</p>

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<p>The writing section is odd. According to me at least. When I wrote my first Practice test I got 650, 2nd I got 650, 3rd I got 790! Then the 4th (wrote today) I got 700. </p>

<p>As you can see, I improved drastically on the 3rd one, but went back down again, because I ommited 2 and got 3 wrong today. Pretty wierd. I’m hoping the first two were just me getting used to it, and the 3rd was what I can expect to get close to. Today I messed up and a couple were really confusing and made no sense.</p>