<p>Although Kareems contributions to the discussion initially seemed -------, they were not ------- and the committee eventually chose to disregard them.</p>
<p>A. correct . . contradictory
B. appropriate . . avoidable
C. believable . . muddled
D. promising . . relevant
E. helpful . . creditable</p>
<p>The correct answer is D. Why couldn't E be correct?</p>
<p>That's a good question. I don't have an answer for that b/c I suck at English. Sorry!</p>
<p>Is it D? Or is it E? I think its D</p>
<p>They both seem right to me...but that's just me.</p>
<p>I put my bets on D.</p>
<p>My sister's explanation on why D is correct:
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my gut says D b/c the SATs don't usually use words like helpful
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<p>Its D because you cant be "initially" helpful and then not be creditable.</p>
<p>Ah, ok, I see it now. Thanks!</p>
<p>Yeah the answer is D, according to the college board. I think the choice is more subtle than Business_Spanks implies. Promising is just a better word to use -- it implies that the idea is "initially" good but might not work out, and that goes along with the meaning of the whole sentence. And you can pretty much expect college board to put a lot of emphasis on the "Although..." structure. "Promising" and "not relevant" are a better pair than "helpful" and "not creditable."</p>
<p>i think it's a horrible question...relevant definetely does not fit well in that second slot with promising in the first, since why would the people initially consider his contributions promising if they had nothing to do with the topic (not relevant).</p>
<p>before looking at the answers, I immediately thought of 'germane' for the second fill-in; thus, relevant seemed to fit better.</p>
<p>However, I'm guessing the CB book response is that answer E contradicts itself. If Kareem's contributions are 'helpful', they HAVE to be 'credible' (assuming typo in #1); otherwise, they would not be helpful whatsoever. Answer D works bcos Kareem suggested an idea that was possible (and 'credible', btw, which made it 'promising'), but it was off point, and, therefore not relevant.</p>
<p>Ugh, I thought it was E, too :(</p>
<p>"Helpful contributions to the discussion" just doesn't fit right when you think about it.</p>
<p>How can you put "helpful" contributions into a discussion? Generally speaking, you can raise certain points but you can't really "help" a discussion since it is not in need of helping-- it is a collaborative exchange of ideas. "Initially" is also a factor, it says that at first it seemed <insert positive="" adjective="" here=""> which means that in the long run, it turned out to not be so "positive." It looked great at the time-- it looked promising. But another good reason is because of the committee, they are looking to reach a conclusion and make a decision-- they were searching for a "promising" result. "Helpful" is too ambiguous.</insert></p>
<p>Lastly though, it makes sense that if your contribution to a discussion is irrelevant-- it is disregarded. But saying that your contribution to the discussion wasn't "believable" and is worthy of disregard doesn't make sense. If something is not believable, a committee would determine whether that point is valid, invalid, or somewhat possible... not simply leave it alone. Their job is to resolve issues.</p>
<p>Hm, good points. That was a tough one!</p>
<p>Heh, I got it right, but my eyes lingered on E for a little bit. I thought it made more sense to have "promising contributions" to a discussion than "helpful" ones. And why wouldn't helpful anything be creditable?</p>
<p>Why would helpful opinions be rejected for not being creditable? I see no logical connection.</p>
<p>D however...</p>
<p>something that isn't creditable wouldn't be eventually disregarded, it would be immediately disregarded, as opposed to something irrelevant.</p>
<p>hmm guys i think the problem here is with the word "creditable" which means praiseworthy.</p>
<p>I think the SAT is trying to trick us into believing the word is "credible" which means believable. Now when you plug praiseworthy into E, it's not that good of an answer anymore.</p>
<p>But, prometheus, it also means "worthy of belief."</p>