<p>What should be the right answer for the following???</p>
<li><p>is identifying error, 2. is improving sentences</p></li>
<li><p>The Siberian husky A(is among) the B (breeds of dogs) C(that) are most D(willful). E(No Error)</p></li>
<li><p>On that clear morning, the spectacle of La Bufadora delighted Becky (like on the first time she saw it).</p></li>
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<p>a. (like on the first time she was it)
b. (like it did the first time she saw it)
c. (as when she was delighted the first time)
d. (like the delight of her first time)
e. (as it had the first time she saw it)</p>
<p>THANKS!! and if you could please give an explanation as well, that would be great</p>
<p>okay, unfortunately i dont have the answers yet... thats why i put this up here. i took this practice SAT (PR) at my school yesterday and these two kind of befuddled me.
i put on the test:
1. e
2. b (although i had e and changed it last second lol)</p>
<p>that which was bothering me about number 1 was "breeds of dogs"
i know BREEDS OF is correct, but should it be "BREEDS OF DOG" or "BREEDS OF DOGS" (should the dog part be plural or singular?)</p>
<p>and on number 2, i eliminated all but B and E, and could not decide between the two</p>
<p>i see what 'oldtimer' means on number 2, so i think that problem is SOMEWHAT resolved (there may be more arguments for B..)</p>
<p>I agree that "breeds of dogs" is suspect. I think it's correct. "It is among the 4 kinds of error" on the SAT or "it is among the 4 kinds of errors."</p>
<p>Makes sense that this was a PR question, because it's a terrible example of a real SAT question.</p>
<p>oldtimer, so do you think that both of these questions would most likely not come up on the SAT?? (or at least the concepts the problems tested)</p>
<p>The concepts would come up. Question 1, for example, has you thinking about between/among, plural idiom (this is the one least likely to be on the SAT), that/which/who, and diction. Question #2 deals with the Writing test's most popular error: verb tenses. I don't know if OP has reproduced them exactly, but they are shorter and less complex than most SAT questions. They can be useful practice, but I wouldn't put much stock in the score.</p>
<p>umm.. I think number 1 is no error as well.</p>
<p>I'm not quite sure about the did/had on number 2. To me, "did" would make sense as well because the phrase is saying the Bufadora "delighted" Becky the way it "did" when she first "saw" it. I guess what I am saying is that the first encounter could be referred as a past event... so then "did" would make sense... Am I making any sense here?</p>
<p>But the like/as does make a difference. In general, use "as" to describe verb. For example, you say, "walk as I walk", not, "walk like I walk".</p>
<p>The traditional distinction that English teachers still make is like is a preposition and as is a conjunction. The problem with that is that in common usage like has been a preposition for only <em>like</em> a hundred years. The real SAT tends to avoid topics that don't have agreement in both common usage and in textbooks.</p>
<p>Anyway, SunPenguin and I agree on the answer. I'll stick with the fact that something did delight but could not have did delighted.</p>