January 2010 Writing Thread

<p>beaver question started off with a clause saying that it was the biggest rodent.</p>

<p>I don’t recall the photography question though.</p>

<p>ageeency answer?</p>

<p>did anyone have a paragraph about skyscrapers? I know it was experimental but I can’t remember which section (5 or 6) it was</p>

<p>I think I did, I had sections 6, 7, and 10 for writing.</p>

<p>agency answer:</p>

<p>Agency reported …, it … </p>

<p>choice E</p>

<p>canbambiswim,</p>

<p>did you have experimental before or after the windmills?</p>

<p>I had the D-Day section before the Windmill one.</p>

<p>why is it E not A
explanation please
what was the grammatical error in A</p>

<p>The answer for the agency question needed “its” as the subject and active voice (I think).</p>

<p>i agree with sententia, the agency cannot possibly be combined in “their”. it’s not a person.</p>

<p>silverturtle, that is not a typo unless they were intending the word “being” as a gerund, which is not necessary. The clause can be correct with “being” as a verb</p>

<p>^ wow sorry, that was somehow delayed by like an hour and a half</p>

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<p>“being” is not being used as a verb there; it’s a gerund. The apostrophe is necessary. </p>

<p>“will result” is the clause’s verb phrase.</p>

<p>everyone AGENCY is a collective noun</p>

<p>so u use “it”</p>

<p>what was original sentance</p>

<p>So was the wall painting question “if they…” or “were they…?”</p>

<p>f collegeboard for putting SAT after finals gah</p>

<p>sorry SilverTurtle, but I think question 21 is “no error”
I can justify this through both grammatical evidence and historical SAT-test evidence…</p>

<p>If you take off the “resources” from the “provided resources for people to use”
It becomes “provided for people to use”
this is grammatically correct</p>

<p>Also, historically question 21 is almost always a “3” difficulty question in the Blue book. It is rarely a 4, and NEVER a 5. It is meant for most intelligent people to get right. As evidenced by majority rule on a pretty intelligent forum, it is right. Also, the grammar rule you proposed is too frivolous to stand for a “3” difficulty question…</p>

<p>HOW IS THE WRITING SECTION SCORED? What would a -0, and 9-10 essay give me…</p>

<p>can someone write out the three no errors</p>

<p>wow i got 2 no errors this time and in december tooo
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<p>saturn, new york and whaaaaaaaa</p>

<p>also were there any idiom errors in this</p>

<p>awww crap i hella messed this shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii</p>

<p>I remember putting “which” as correct, because “which” referred to “number.”</p>

<p>“the number of people which…” and I remember putting something wrong because of some subject/verb error… with “number” … shiz I think I got that wrong.</p>