Three SAT Writing Questions

<p>Three questions:</p>

<p>Princeton University officials first broke with a tradition of awarding honorary degrees only to men when they awarded it to author Willa Cather. No error.</p>

<p>I believe the error in this sentence is D, or it, because "it" is referring to degrees which is plural. Am I right?</p>

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<p>His love of politics led him to volunteer in local campaigns as well as a job in a government office in the state capital. No Error</p>

<p>It should be job right? Because you can't volunteer a job???</p>

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<p>Now that Michkio finished the research, she feels reasonably confident about writing her paper on the rise of the progressive movement in the United States. No error</p>

<p>This one should be A because it should be has finished right?</p>

<p>I think that you are correct on all of them!</p>

<p>For the first one, I think both A and D are incorrect, although if I had to pick one, I would go with A. “Broke with” sounds completely wrong, but “it” doesn’t match either. Was this in the BB? It sounds like an awfully unprofessional question.</p>

<p>For the second one, I think you are correct, although for the wrong reasons. It has to do with wording, not the job itself.</p>

<p>Agreed with the last one.</p>

<p>I think you (1253729) are right on all three.</p>

<p>Similar usernames, eh?</p>

<p>Does anyone know the exact idiomatic expression for broke? I think it’s broke from, but apparently broke with is correct?</p>

<p>I believe both are acceptable. I suppose they have varying shades of meaning depending on the precise idea you’re trying to convey.</p>

<ol>
<li>Your reasoning is right</li>
<li>Yeah, it’s about parallelism</li>
<li>Yes</li>
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<p>Definitely nothing wrong with your answers.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone for the help.</p>

<p>@monstor344: The questions are from the College Board’s Online Course.</p>

<p>@112358: Yep, they are really similar.</p>

<h1>2 I think it should be “to work” instead of “a job” (parallelism). Fibonacci was kind enough to point that out when I asked this question a few days ago</h1>