October 2010 Writing SAT thread

<p>@CrzyGmer789X2: Why “its”? As I remember, the subject mammal was singular.</p>

<p>People think it should be “The reason is … that it has an ability” or “The reason is … because of its ability”. The first one would be clumsy, the second is wrong.</p>

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You put the correct answer.</p>

<p>@Rennir, I put “its” because I thought that it could be considered ambiguous and was almost like a misplaced modifier (in retrospect, this reasoning is completely wrong and I feel like an idiot.) But then other people think that the error was “its” for other reasons. But regardless of the mammal one, there is one other NE. That is pretty much confirmed. One NE for sure, possibly a second depending on the mammal question.</p>

<p>In the last, 10 min, section, what was the answer to the last problem? It had something to do with the “not only, but also” rule. I can’t really remember what it was about though. :/</p>

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I hope so! This could help salvage my Writing score</p>

<p>“What was(A) the most surprising about… was(B) that …blahblah)”
I put A for that answer.</p>

<p>What is the answer?</p>

<p>I only had 1 NE, and that was the mammal one, although I wasn’t positive about my choice at the time.
Can someone explain the other “NE for sure”??</p>

<p>I am 98% positive the mammal one has an error at its. Seriously. The question said something along the lines of the Reason the mammal jumped is its ability to run.</p>

<p>@danceforever I had a little trouble with that one. I don’t remember the sentence exactly, but I narrowed it down to “but also <random stuff=”“>” and eliminated “but <random stuff=”“> also” because I assumed it’d be better if the words “but also” were next to each other, instead of separated by a few other words. Not sure if I’m right though.</random></random></p>

<p>@blueapples, there may not have been another NE, but I remember putting one other than the mammal one, as do others. We don’t remember which one it was though -_- at least I don’t. Sorry with how unhelpful I am.</p>

<p>What was the other NE?</p>

<p>it was something along the lines of “not only because…but also because…”</p>

<p>the only no error was the mammal one. this section was ez.</p>

<p>what was the answer to the tornado one?</p>

<p>As there ever been a section with only one no error? I find that highly unlikely.</p>

<p>@CrzyGmer789X2: Yeah, I remember it being “not only because…blahblah” and then one choice was “but also because” and another was “but because also”. I chose the former. Anyone else find this confusing?</p>

<p>There was another one in the ten min section starting with “Whether… blahblah”. Again, sorry, i forgot the contents. I left it as is (A)… anyone else on this one?</p>

<p>@ApTester, it seemed unlikely, but then again I had 4 or 5 NEs in my experimental section if I recall correctly. Isn’t the normal NE number 3?</p>

<p>@danceforever I confirm but also because, so hopefully that one is right. As for the ones that were correct as they were, I believe I put three of them. Specifically numbers 6, 8, and 10. Anyone confirm A for 6, 8, and 10 on the last section?</p>

<p>@Sun: I wasn’t sure but I picked C: The tornado forms because _______ collide as a result of a change in either _________.</p>

<p>@CrzyGmer789X2: I think the “Whereas…” one was 8. Hopefully!</p>

<p>I got 3 no errors. It’s kind of weird that people got one or two no errors because it seems so few compared to the other sats, where there are usually between 3-5 no errors. </p>

<p>Can someone plead confirm if the sentence was “people’s emphasizing” or people emphasizing?</p>