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<li>Opinions on Charles Ives as a composer have always been split, with some listeners regarding him as, at best, an entertaining eccentric, <while> others lauding him as the most influential composer of his age. </while></li>
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<p>It says while has to be and. Are there any other expressions that are like that?? Also, when do you use "while" because I've seen many examples using while...</p>
<p>Answer: resulted from an incredible series.</p>
<p>Why can't it be incredulous series? I think "unbelievably lucky accidents" makes sense..
Also, can it be "came about through..." instead of "resulted from"?</p>
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<li>For an overtly political cartoonist like Aaron McGruder, <being free="" to="" criticize="" contemporary="" american="" society="" is="" more="" important="" than=""> winning a large and admiring audience.</being></li>
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<p>Answer: that is correct. </p>
<p>When can you use "being" in SAT writing questions because most of the questions I've seen are wrong if they have "being" in it.. Any exceptions?? </p>
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<li>Finally!!!
How can I improve my "improving paragraph" section???!!!
Out of six questions, I always miss 1-2!!</li>
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<li> I believe it’s the idiomatic phrase “WITH SOME doing x AND OTHERS doing y.” If “with some” weren’t there, then “while” would be correct.</li>
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<p>1) “with” indicates possession. The basket has X AND Y, not X WHILE Y. It is really that simple. You use “while” as a conjunction to connect two clauses: “This has X, while that has Y.” Notice the clauses have the verb “has.” You say something is “with” something else, that is, a noun. A noun does not form a clause, a verb does.</p>
<p>“with some regarding…and others lauding”
“regarding” and “lauding” describe “some” and “others” similar to an adjective does; they are not active verbs (active verb: “some REGARD, others LAUD”) and so do not form a pair of clauses that can be connected with the conjunction “while”</p>
<p>You are essentially saying “with some and others.” The “regarding” and “lauding” are just adjective-like structures that describe what they are doing.</p>
<p>2) One resulted from the other. “come to pass” means “happen.” It is redundant to say something “happened as a result” of something else; better is “resulted from.”</p>
<p>You would never say “the ending happened,” either.</p>
<p>3) “being free” is a state. “His eating of the apple” describes the person’s act of eating the apple. “Being free” describes the person’s state of being free. It is a noun because it is a state, act, or process. This state of “being free” is more important than the act of “winning a large and admiring audience.” One state is being compared to the other. He would rather be free than win a big audience.</p>
<p>For example, finding the best revision of sentence 3 with regard to the sentences that precede and follow sentence 3… or which of the following revisions of sentence 3 provides the best transition between paragraph 1 and 2?</p>
<p>I guess I just have to read the passage and understand it because I’ve always thought I could just not actually “read” the passage since it’s a writing section =(…</p>
<p>You don’t really have to read it all at once and “understand” it like you do in the critical reading section. It’s more about understanding small bits and pieces than enduring.</p>
<p>Most of the questions that ask you to “improve” or “fix” a question don’t really require you to read the passage even if it says “in context.” For example, one question of medium difficulty in the blue book says:</p>
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<p>The answer is Delete “that are arising” because it is not necessary. The statements were simply made during political campaigns. They only say “in context” to clear things up; you don’t really have to read it.</p>
<p>So the first thing you should do is to try to answer the question without reading the passage. Cross out the answers that are grammatically incorrect (there are usually a few), and then read a bit if you can’t narrow it down further.</p>
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<p>The answer is (C) Sometimes employers have legitimate complaints about their employees.</p>
<p>The sentence that the question refers to is the one that begins the third paragraph. This means that it has to make a fluid transition from the second paragraph, and also communicate the main idea of the third paragraph (because it starts it off).</p>
<p>Just by SKIMMING the 2nd paragraph, you can see that it talks about how employers can be bad at their job.
Just by SKIMMING the 3rd paragraph, you can see that it talks about how employees can be bad at their job.</p>
<p>An employer gives work (like a boss), while an employee does work (a worker). So the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs are describing two ways in which the workplace can be insufficient.</p>
<p>The 2nd paragraph’s first sentence says “Some workplace problems are caused by the employer…”
It says “some” workplace problems. We can assume that other workplace problems are caused by the employee instead of the employer. This is what choice (C) accomplishes.</p>