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Some SAT Sentence Identifying Error Questions out of my learning center book that I am not sure with. Please help.

Whoever she ends up going to prom with, she will surely have a good time because she will be with her friends. No Error.

I chose No Error. am I correct? or should whoever be whomever?

Often described to be the greatest party in the world, Brazil's Carnivale occurs every year on the day before Ash Wednesday. No Error

I chose A. Should it be described 'as' not 'to be' ?? I'm really not sure.

dkdkdk

well you can't trust me for sure, however

on the first sentence I would mark answer choice A (the first underline)

reason : she is going with this person, thus he/she is the object of the sentence and it should be whomever

on the second sentence I probably would choose no error, however that is likely wrong but I don't see the mistake in that sentence

GammaGrozza

My 2 cents:
I don't think it would be whomever, because whom is used for an indirect object (to whom, for whom), right? And she is going with HIM (direct object) so it would be who or whoever. I'd choose E, but I'm not sure if C is grammatically correct (I checked some reputable news sources on google, and they use "surely have" quite frequently in articles, hence an indication that it is proper).

Before looking at your answer for 2, I was also thinking A for the same reason. I did a google search to check, and described as came up about 200 times more often than described to be, hence an indication that described to be is incorrect.

So, I'm pretty sure it is E and A, as you said.

dkdkdk

I guess I can't edit, are you sure Gamma? I feel relatively certain its whomever, and there is no error in the second sentence, but I could be wrong
(note if I am correct whomever replace an object such as HIM, and whoever replaces HE)

nicksyn

I think that the first is A and the second is A.

That "known to be" has to be THE most overused grammar thing on the SATs!

GammaGrozza

^Yeah, you are right. I was making the wrong distinction. who is for subject, whom is for object, whether indirect or direct. Here's a trick I just learned. When wondering about the question "who/whom are you going to prom with?", if a reasonable answer is "I'm going with HIM" it is whom (him and whom both end in Ms). But, say the question is "who/whom loves you?", and a reasonable answer is "HE loves me" than it is who. So him=whom and he=who. Great tip, imo.

edit: Again, I correct myself. Described to be is (in my book) grammatically correct, as many published books and reports use it. I still think described as sounds better, though.

EPIC FAIL

112358

Just to clarity, it's actually neither a direct or indirect object; it's the object of a preposition. But either way it's still whomever.

Secret Asian Man

It's whom. "with whom." Object of preposition.

Sci-Fry

I would have put E and A.

Not sure about whoever and whomever though...

jamesford

A A

Whomever she goes to prom with

Often described as

monstor344

It's definitely A, A.

Gaoez

yep, double A

thanks for the trick, GammaGrozza

GammaGrozza

I know described as works fine (and sounds better), but I did a google search and "described to be" comes up in many published works in a similar context as the SAT question. So, wouldn't these publishers fix the mistake, if it were one? Hence, isn't it not a mistake, if it got by so many editors?

OP, what are the answers? It seems that A is the consensus for 1, but what about 2?

IndianOptimist

Question 1 is easy, it's A, with whomever, object of the preposition.

Question 2 is a bit harder, it's A based on idiomatic language usage, you don't say described to be, you say described as being.

Difference between infinitive and gerund.

My opinion.

leannejm10

So what are the given answers???