This Kills me! - McGraw-Hill's answer conflict - Help?

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<p>Hello, </p>

<p>I’m soooooo furious with McGraw-Hill’s answer choice this question on the 1st practice test of 10 ACT practice tests:</p>

<p>“Lee’s first anvil cost him $100, and four months later, he paid $75 for an aditional implement - a vice - from Cornelll University in New York. This important tool also made its<a href=“22”>u</a> way back to Michigan in the back of Lee’s 4-H bus.”</p>

<li>F. NO CHANGE
G. it’s
H. its’
J. the </li>
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<p>the obvious choice (at least i thought) here is F (its) because “its” is referring to the “tool” in the possessive form. However the answer key says G. it’s…I don’t see the logic behind this…any help please?</p>

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<p>The answer key is wrong. “It’s” is a contraction of “it is”; “its” is the third person singular form comparable to “my”.</p>

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<p>I hope you knew that, and were just trying to make yourself feel good by posting a wrong answer like you are smarter than a book. that is just about as easy as the ACT gets.</p>

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<p>besides that error, do you think mcgraw hill’s book is great for studying for the ACT?</p>

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<p>You can’t assume these answer keys are always correct. My daughter and I found numerous errors in the Sparknotes SAT math prep book.</p>

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<p>1MX: “I hope you knew that, and were just trying to make yourself feel good by posting a wrong answer like you are smarter than a book. that is just about as easy as the ACT gets.”</p>

<p>you gotta b kiddin me…ppl kept telling me this is the best prep…and then i found some confusing “error”. I posted this because I thought I’m missing something (English is my third language)…i mean i thought the answer key couldn’t be wrong…</p>

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<p>I am also using mcgraw hill’s act test prep book, and i still wonder how reliable the grading scale is. I am using the 2008 edition with 8 practice tests, and the english grading scale seems a bit skewed. Using their formula to get your scaled score, it seems like even if you got all the questions correct you can only get a 34. Anyone else have this problem in their book?</p>

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<p>it’s the best prep for the money. 10 test for a little under 20 bucks can’t be beat.</p>

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<p>most books waste time on foolish things like guiding through sections. No practice tests are ‘correct’ as far as scores go. Don’t estimate your scores on practice tests. I scored 27-36 on various tests before getting a 35 on my real one. don’t worry about how many u are getting wrong, just look at the answers and learn how to take the test.</p>

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<p>i dunno bout their ACT prep but i used one for the sat II’s and it was pretty bad, found a good 5 errors in the bio tests alone</p>