<p>I’m not sure how everyone can feel so strongly for any single answer. Both caustic and vehement seem to qualify as “correct” answers…but hey, we’re dealing with the CollegeBoard folks here, and in their game, they want the “more correct” answer. QQ</p>
<p>@ProspectiveApplicant </p>
<p>No, we will not see in a week or two. It is impossible to know what the correct answer is based on scores. Even if you scored an 800 and I scored a 780, you can get 1 or 2 questions wrong on CR and still get an 800. </p>
<p>We won’t know the answer until QAS comes out or I get an answer from ETS.</p>
<p>It’s pretty clearly vehement. Regardless of what caustic means, a caustic tone would employ wit. Which the passage doesn’t. Furthermore, the wording of passage’s first sentence is forceful. Case closed.</p>
<p>And I know that people are going to come in here saying, “NO IT’S CAUSTIC!!!”, but there is nothing more to be said until they get their QAS in a few weeks.</p>
<p>^ A caustic tone doesn’t necessarily imply wit. Words have multiple meanings; it depends on the context of the sentence and the intention of the author. And there is evidence for caustic as well, which im not going to state for the countless time.</p>
<p>The answer is vehement as much as the sun will rise in the east tomorrow.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but if you’re too pigheaded to look past your ego and admit your mistake then you should be seeking psychiatric help rather than posting on CC.</p>
<p>Please… let’s not post excoriating remarks. They are really unnecessary.</p>
<p>Let’s wait for the QAS to come out. There is no need for all these quarreling.</p>
<p>Funny how you get people so conceited and sure of themselves like you and the same on the other side of this debate.</p>
<p>I’m not admitting I’m incorrect or correct. Unlike you, I’m willing to keep an open mind on this question, and not taking a side so I don’t look like an idiot and a fool if I’m wrong, which you will if the answer turns out to be Caustic.</p>
<p>And I will look like a fool if the sun rises in the west tomorrow. But that is a chance I can live with. Because I can say that it will not happen with the same degree of certainty that I can say the answer is vehement.</p>
<p>caustic was the trap answer. Because chemicals associated with nukes are caustic, CB was hoping that people would automatically choose caustic.</p>
<p>In reality a caustic tone is biting/sarcastic, which clearly isnt what the passage was conveying.</p>
<p>Now the new zealand question is open for debate.</p>
<p>When. Case closed.</p>
<p>Really, these are pretty clear answers.</p>
<p>BEWARE: Long grammar and semantics lesson up ahead. I’ve never been taught this stuff so this is just my intuition and judgment. IF you don’t want to read, my final conclusion is that “when” is not grammatically wrong, but the SAT probably thinks it is.</p>
<p>In this context, the “that…” phrase (“that musicians began to reach an international audience”) is essentially a noun. In effect, the “that…” phrase represents the dummy pronoun “it”:
… it was not until the 1980s that musicians began to reach an international audience.
= … that musicians began to reach an international audience was not until the 1980s.
= … that musicians began to reach an international audience presented itself not before the 1980s.
→ … that musicians began to reach an international audience first presented itself in the 1980s.
To give an example, It is obvious that he is taller is virtually the same statement as That he is taller is obvious or (more clearly understood) The fact that he is taller is obvious: “that he is taller” essentially = the dummy pronoun “it.”</p>
<p>Now, the Oxford English Dictionary lists an entry for “when” with similar usage:
Quote:
5. Introducing a clause as the object of a verb, or (later) governed by a preposition: = The or a time at which
So, in other words, “when” can mean “The time at which” or “A time at which.” One literary example the OED cites is
Quote:
And know thy when To say, Amen.
which can be broken down into “Know when to say Amen” or, substituting the definition, “Know the time at which to say Amen” (= “Understand the time at which to say Amen”).</p>
<p>So, if we substitute “when” (and “at the time which”) into the SAT sentence, we get something that makes sense:
… it was not until the 1980s when musicians began to reach an international audience.
= … when musicians began to reach an international audience was not until the 1980s.
= … the time at which musicians began to reach an international audience was not until the 1980s.
= … the time at which musicians began to reach an international audience presented itself not before the 1980s.
→ … the time at which musicians began to reach an international audience first presented itself in the 1980s.
This usage of “when” is nonstandard in the sense that more people use “that,” but it’s not incorrect. The SAT, however, being flawed and rigid in its testing and prescription of writing rules, may find this usage incorrect. I think the answer on the test was probably “when.”</p>
<p>Refute that.</p>
<p>I need a 2300. this is killing me i really don’t want to take this test again in november.</p>
<p>Well, though I chose “caustic,”
answer seems to be “vehement” …
Well, bye-bye 800 CR :'(</p>
<p>You can get 2 wrong and still get an 800.</p>
<p>Also on this test I suspect even 3 wrong.</p>
<p>Well, I am actually depressed x_x I know I incorrectly answered more than 3 questions… Haha, we will see sooooon!</p>
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<p>Refute that? The poster, if you wrote that sheep, says that the usage of “when” is not incorrect, but the SAT may OR may not find it incorrect. How can we refute what is ambiguous.</p>
<p>Also, are generous curves given to generally hard CR passages or if there are multiple very had questions?</p>
<p>I think I have to say that
“It was not until…that” is an idiomatic expression.</p>
<p>You can’t really explain why “Just as… so” or “Not only…but also” is correct. You just have to know these idiomatic expressions.</p>
<p>I do appreciate crazybandit’s approach and I find it extremely intriguing. I personally put no error for that sentence because I could not really find an “error”. Now that I look back, I think I made a mistake.</p>
<p>Prospective’s comments on the second page of this thread are rather caustic.</p>
<p>Does 1 question really matter, almost 2 weeks after the test? Is it really that important to know which one it was? </p>
<p>I put “vehement,” btw ;)</p>
<p>Although New Zealand (had fostered) music for decades, it was not until the 1980s (when) musicians began (to reach) an international audience. (No Error)</p>
<p>-> Although New Zealand had fostered music for decades, it was not until the 1980s, when musicians began to reach an international audience, that New Zealand promoted music (or whatever).</p>
<p>?
Is “had fostered” correct because “until the 1980s?”
I chose the answer as “had fostered” but… o_o</p>