October 2010 Writing SAT thread

<p>yes it would be gustav :)</p>

<p>1/54 is definitely the right answer.</p>

<p>^Wrong thread, dude.</p>

<p>^^ Lol this is the writing section discussion XD</p>

<p>By comparison or indeed is the only one i might have missed so far. I put by comparison but even on the test i was debating between the two. crossing my fingers im right becuz both worked. i think generally though, most people picked by comparison because it made a lot more sense with the structure of the sentence and generated an okay flow. the indeed created a really nice flow but worked awkwardly with the sentence. depends what CB thinks is correct. i think writing curve realistically is a 77 for a -1 but still an 800 with like a 10 so im hoping for a perfect on this one since i got a -1-2 on math and a -3-4 on CR. Hoping for an 800-W 770-M and 770-CR= 2340 :slight_smile: but im prolly not getting that…</p>

<p>Hahaha sorry guys. Have all three threads open.</p>

<p>WHAT WAS THE SENTENCE WITH “SO POOR/POORLY”</p>

<p>did anybody else put “indeed” instead of “by comparison” for the vegetable passage?</p>

<p>by comparison means “in contrast” , and the second sentence was showing statistical data in order to support the previous sentence</p>

<p>I want to just make sure we have a consensus on this question:</p>

<p>Something like… The professor was leaving his house before the FBI (confirming/ to confirm of)</p>

<p>Sentence Completion problem</p>

<p>abercrombie, I put indeed
That is the right answer in my opinion</p>

<p>I was torn between indeed and by comparison. I ended up choosing by comparison. I just thought it worked better</p>

<p>does anybody remember the wording for so poor/ poorly??
dont recall the sentence at all…</p>

<p>im unequivocally positive the answer was “indeed”, if that means anything to anyone.</p>

<p>For so poor/poorly, it is poorly.
[Poor</a> | Define Poor at Dictionary.com](<a href=“http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poor]Poor”>Poor Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com)
poor is adjective</p>

<p>I still believe that the tornado answer was “as a result of”. The other choices, including the one with “resulting”, did not fit as well.</p>

<p>I am also 95% to 100% sure that the answer is indeed.</p>

<p>The correct answer is actually “by comparision”</p>

<p>Here’s why; </p>

<p>According to this website, [indeed</a> - definition of indeed by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.](<a href=“Indeed]indeed - definition of indeed]indeed by The Free Dictionary”>Indeed - definition of indeed by The Free Dictionary), Indeed, when used as a sentence connector, means “actually;certainly”</p>

<p>If you replace the word indeed with “actually or certainly”, then the meaning doesn’t flow.</p>

<p>^ Lol. Since when are definitions able to replace the actual word? Actually and certainly are the definitions/synonyms.</p>

<p>the reason why the tornado question HAS to be “as a result of” is because
that one said “change in either direction or speed”
meaning, “change in direction or change in speed”</p>

<p>everything else said “either change in direction or speed”
notice that this sentence structure does not attach “change” to speed</p>

<p>As for the “so poor” answer, I must have missed it. However, there are a variety of cases in which “so poor” works better than “so poorly.” For example:</p>

<p>I have never seen so poor of a finish. (so poor is better than so poorly)
When one has so poor of a fashion sense…
So poor of a decision…
Because he is so poor of a writer…</p>

<p>Are we sure that the sentence was not structured similar to any of the above sentences?</p>

<p>^are you sure it said that abercrombie? Idr</p>