Writing Section June 4th SAT... question w/ "the greater amount"

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<p>Ooo...vehement...you may have won the battle, but you have not yet won the war...</p>

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<p>Was this "has been" problem a identify sentence error or a fixing sentences question?</p>

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<p>I think it was ID.</p>

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<p>What were the answer choices for this problem? was has been one of the errors?</p>

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<p>Haha yea...that's the argument.</p>

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<p>where are MSH and grumpybear...they both put E...i wanna c what they have to say.</p>

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<p>he needs no money while she needs a lot of money
hmm hows that?</p>

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<p>Or was "after" underlined as well; I know I wouldn't have caught after, but was has been one of the choices?</p>

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<p>i still think parallelism is not necessary...</p>

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<p>i put E albert fermat1! i still think it's correct</p>

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<p>(i also thought it was testing greater vs. greatest) but i'm not so sure about this paralellism thing. i could be wrong, but i was really confident at the time. Also, I think it would be way too sketchy to have 1 E out of 18 error IDs.</p>

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<p>Vehement, yea, your last one is correct but that is correctly compared. (None vs. a lot, which is an extent of some. The greater is not an extent of "a lot") This, however, is not correct. You are incorrectly comparing two comparing verbs, in just the same way that comparing an author to his or her book is incorrect.</p>

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<p>thx for the support, grumpy! :)</p>

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<p>I agree with Pitcher -- using "little" and then "the greater" is not gramatically correct, and the SAT-makers wouldn't put an error in a sentence but "not be looking for it."</p>

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<p>oh hmm it sees that a great amount would be correct. greatER is wrong. oh well i missed alot then. Bleh.</p>

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<p>Yea, "great amount" would be perfectly acceptable. Great*er* is not.</p>

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<p>what about the problem that talked about a dress being worn across the southwest originating in the 1900's. was <now worn=""> wrong since it should have just been worn or was this no error?</now></p>

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<p>does anyone remember what the sentence was for this kangaroo rat problem?</p>

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<p>dont remember that one...in fact i dont think i had it...</p>

<p>zach, did u have take the SAT or do u just agree with what pitvher has said...</p>

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<p>yea...what was the sentence???</p>