<p>eh, i put E for the greater amount question. I thought they were testing us on whether we could get our comparisons right, but i didn't see the parallelism problem. o well.</p>
<p>Albert, do you rememeber exactly what number 29 asked? I don't recall it.</p>
<p>it was like:</p>
<p>That it is easier to (verb) blah blah than (gerund) blah blah...</p>
<p>the gerund was wrong, it needs to be a verb</p>
<p>Albert I think I remember that, and yea, the gerund was no doubt incorrect.</p>
<p>for "the greater amount," i FELT that it was testing whether it should be GREATER or GREATEST...although NJpitcher is a writing beast, i feel that he might be wrong on this one...i stick with E</p>
<p>Haha we'll find out in 11 days, but I'm fairly certain it's "greater," because it's incorrect comparison. BTW, for those who have taken the SATs before, do you find out WHAT questions you got wrong, or just how many you got wrong?</p>
<p>wow, this is the one question that stumped me on the test! i narrowed it down to the greater amount and E, and I went through the same thinking that a lot of you did too! i kept thinking that it seemed gramatically correct, and it was only in the middle, but at the same time, it just sounded awkward and like an incorrect idiom. i can't even remember what I put. :( oh well.</p>
<p>I think I put E</p>
<p>After math, my mind was kind of in a mess. Don't really rmember anything</p>
<p>how about this : after he came back from the supermarket, he has been very depressed. would you say he had been?</p>
<p>rikataka?? the gardners question didnt stump you?...these were the two questions that stumped me...and i put A for gardners and E for greater amount...</p>
<p>which one was the gardeners one again?
my brain's been fried since last saturday :|</p>
<p>i dont remember the exact phrasing...can someone post it again...plz.</p>
<p>little and a greater amount can be compared.</p>
<p>a greater amount = more. just different phrasing</p>
<p>thats a GOOOD pt vehement!</p>
<p>Vehement, you would say "was". You cannot say "has been" because "after" is a specific time period that has either already occurred ("After he returned") or has not yet happened ("After he returns"). "Has been" is used when the action is continuing. I am 100% positive you cannot use "has been" with that sentence. If you want to use "has been," you use the word "since" (since he returned, he has been angry), or something of the like.</p>
<p>sorry vehement..but pitcher's got u there...</p>
<p>i typed something out and refreshed. nj put it better :P</p>
<p>not so fast i still got an ace up my sleeve</p>
<p><em>pulls pitcher's pants down</em></p>
<p>hahah nice :D</p>
<p>No, the greater can not be compared with little, not correctly. The greater is compared with the lesser. A lot is compared with a little. Things may be implied, but that does not make them grammatically correct. For instance "Although this author's book was excellent, the other author was better". Sure, you know what I mean, but that does not make it grammatically correct.</p>