January 2010 Writing Thread

<p>The noisy kids was not experimental…I had math as a dummy section.
Sentence went sth. like this (not exact)
“The people sitting behind us were talking loudly and would not keep their voice down even after being told to do so.”</p>

<p>“their voice” should be “their voices” right? I hope.</p>

<p>^^yeah that’s right</p>

<p>^^Yes I agree</p>

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<p>He is mistaken.</p>

<p>AllegedPrincess, do you recall a question #21 about “provided resources for photography enthusiasts”?</p>

<p>I put the Saturn Rings question as incorrect. “It is generally accepted that…” Accepted by whom? The only time you can use “it is” is when you’re talking about the weather.</p>

<p>I could be completely wrong.</p>

<p>silverturtle: ‘people’ might not be a direct object</p>

<p>take this as an example
‘slept’ is intransitive like ‘provide’</p>

<p>you cannot say “I slept you” because ‘you’ is direct object
however, you can say “I slept for you” <– Since that sentence makes grammatical and logical sense, ‘you’ might not be the direct object…I’m not sure the exact mechanics as to why ‘you’ is not a direct object though…</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure that photography question was in the experimental section. I reckon I’d at least remember being confused about such a debatable question but I recollect nothing of it.
Cheers silverturtle I think my answers are exactly the same as yours…</p>

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<p>“It is generally accepted that” is one of those cases in which a pleonastic pronoun is acceptable. See [Dummy</a> pronoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_pronoun]Dummy”>Dummy pronoun - Wikipedia).</p>

<p>Silverturtle can you help me predict my score for Jan SAT?
CR: -1 or -2
Math: 0
Writing: -3 with a 11 essay</p>

<p>One thing I feel about collegeboard is that they are never that super-extremely-picky, even in grammar section; “It is generally accepted that” sounds perfectly grammatical. </p>

<p>Accepted by whom? you may ask, but that is the precise reason we use passive tense “it is accepted that”–when we assume that the general public, the “people”, accept the credo.</p>

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<p>CR: 800
Math: 800
Writing: Three wrong and 11 essay yields 740</p>

<p>The consolidated answers thread was deleted for some reason. Does anyone still have the list of Writing answers, or was it lost?</p>

<p>what about three wrong with 12, two wrong with 11, or two wrong with 12?
I found out that I got two wrong for sure…</p>

<p>Silverturtle,</p>

<p>Would a 650 on W be a really competitive score for most schools?</p>

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<p>Yes, for most schools. It would be below average for top schools, though.</p>

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<p>so that was not in experimental right?</p>

<p>Depends on which schools.</p>

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<p>Three wrong and 12 essay yields ~760. </p>

<p>Two wrong and 11 essay yields ~770.</p>

<p>Two wrong with 12 will yield 790-800.</p>

<p>silverturtle how about this?
CR: ~ 5 questions wrong
M: 0 wrong
W: ~ 4 questions wrong and 10/11 essay</p>

<p>BTW
did you guys, on the test that wasnt exerimental for writing, get a bunch of C,D,C,D,C,D towards the later parts of the test?</p>