<p>(Even when) Barbara Jordan put questions (toward) a political nominee, her elegant (diction evoked) in listeners (memories of) her eloquent political speeches.</p>
<p>The answer key says the answer is B (toward)</p>
<p>Why is this the answer? There is no difference between toward vs towards, so what is the error?</p>
<p>god that is such an ugly sentence. I think it is an idiom error where toward should be replaced with something like (in front of)</p>
<p>The idiom is “put questions to”. It’s very British. It’s also an extraordinarily unlikely SAT question. And worse, “Even when” suggests a “contrast” or a “surprise” but there isn’t one.</p>
<p>See: [put</a> - Definition and pronunciation | Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com](<a href=“http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/put]put”>http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/put)</p>
<p>Thanks for the help. This question came from the May 2007 SAT. I haven’t seen any thing like this though on any other practice tests, so I won’t worry.</p>
<p>i hate idioms, can anyone give us a list of common sat idioms</p>