<p>for section 10, did anybody get a pattern for numbers 1-8?</p>
<p>a pattern like C D C D for 1-4
and a pattern like A B A B for 5-8?
(those aren’t the exact letters but the pattern structure looked like that)</p>
<p>One of the more [something] reasons that the mammal is considered a dominant species is its ability to blah blah blah.
^ oh, that is the mammal question?
a reason would be “that it has the ability to”
an advantage that causes it to be dominant would be “its ability to”</p>
<p>I’m confident I got that right… I had no idea what “the mammal question” was so was worried lol</p>
<p>is there a consolidated list on this thread?</p>
<p>^that is NOT the mammal question. Ppl are making **** up.</p>
<p>@ papapia but that was the general idea right?</p>
<p>either way the correction would be its (which is what you think, right?), the same grammatical mistake is occurring which is misuse of the word “reason” with the clause that describes the reason.</p>
<p>can somebody reply to my question please?</p>
<p>@lonleywayfarer</p>
<p>Did you have any NE for the “identify sentence error section”?</p>
<p>“Numerous studies reveal that conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables contain dramatically less vitamins and minerals than organically grown produce. By comparison, organic foods contain 27% more vitamin C, 29% more iron, and 14% more phosphorus, on average. Overall, organically-grown broccoli has higher levels of all its healing plant nutrients than conventionally-grown and is often available in the organic food section of your regular grocery store.”</p>
<p>Compare the usage to other “by comparison” usages (just use Ctrl+F to find the “by comparison portion”):
[Fertility</a> Awareness for Birth Control](<a href=“http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/fam.htm]Fertility”>http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/fam.htm)
[Trademark</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark]Trademark”>Trademark - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>In each case, there is a sentence preceding “by comparison” that asserts something (…conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables contain drastically less vitamins and minerals than organically grown produce.)
Then, the “by comparison” is used to compare the first object of comparison to the second, identical to here (By comparison, organic foods contain 27% more vitamins…)</p>
<p>Just take one example from the first link:
(Of 100 women who limit vaginal intercourse during their fertile time, between 2 to 20 will become pregnant during the first year.)
(By comparison 60 to 80 women out of 100 who use no birth control will become pregnant.)</p>
<p>Second link:
(Trademarks, patents and designs collectively form a subset of intellectual property known as industrial property because they are often created and used in an industrial or commercial context.)
(By comparison, copyright law generally seeks to protect original literary, artistic and other creative works.)</p>
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<p>If the passage were to use “indeed”, it would be more fitting to switch the order of the sentences:
“Organic foods contain 27% more vitamin C, 29% more iron, and 14% more phosphorus, on average. Indeed, numerous studies [have] reveal[ed] that conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables contain dramatically less vitamins and minerals than organically grown produce.” </p>
<p>vs.</p>
<p>“Numerous studies reveal that conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables contain dramatically less vitamins and minerals than organically grown produce. Indeed, organic foods contain 27% more vitamin C, 29% more iron, and 14% more phosphorus, on average.”</p>
<p>I don’t think it would make sense to use “indeed” to emphasize the previous statement if it never gave percentages yet. It would seem kind of faulty. </p>
<p>This is just my two cents on this question. I might be biased toward “by comparison” because I chose it as an answer, but I was stuck on this one for a while too. Make your own judgement out of this, but don’t bash me for it. I didn’t think it was a great question.</p>
<p>I remember I saw a pattern… a pretty long one too
but I don’t really remember sorry, I just remember looking at that and going lol people are going to second guess like crazy when they see that</p>
<p>MW2 I don’t remember 
I didn’t notice~
but when I choose NE I usually second guess and check the question 56 times which I don’t remember doing, so probably not.</p>
<p>kk415… wasn’t the excerpt talking about prices, not vitamins? /memorygoing</p>
<p>@lonelywayfarer
I have no idea. I was reading through this thread and someone had it typed up so I assumed that was what the passage said. It seems similar enough. Which choice did you pick for that one?</p>
<p>What was the error for number 14?
“What was(A) surprising about…was(B)…emphasizing(C)…Blahblah”</p>
<p>@kk415kk: The problem with your sources is that the question on the SAT Writing section was not worded the same way. The preceding sentence agreed with the sentence in question. It was something along the lines of “Organic fruits and vegetables cost more than normal fruits and vegetables. ________organic food costs 40% more.”</p>
<p>“Numerous studies reveal that conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables contain dramatically less vitamins and minerals than organically grown produce. Indeed, organic foods contain 27% more vitamin C, 29% more iron, and 14% more phosphorus, on average.”</p>
<p>^b/c I thought it was more like (seriously I’m straining from veryyyy little memory so sorry) organic food is dramatically more expensive than unorganic food. Indeed, (specific price for food)</p>
<p>in which case its obvious that the answer would be indeed. But I know my thinking was that sentence B was a specification/example of sentence A when I answered the question.</p>
<p>It was definetly indeed, I don’t know why there’s still debate on that.</p>
<p>@sport04, my pattern was (for 1-10 on the last section):</p>
<p>C-B-C-B-D-A-D-A-E-A</p>
<p>Maybe, I don’t remember the question anymore. That’s just how I was thinking when I took the test.</p>
<p>@kk415kk: The problem with your sources is that the question on the SAT Writing section was not worded the same way. The preceding sentence agreed with the sentence in question. It was something along the lines of “Organic fruits and vegetables cost more than normal fruits and vegetables. ________organic food costs 40% more.”
^ thanks for confirming</p>
<p>I always hate the writing section passages because its a given that they’re not perfect, so you can’t depend on them. I mean, the above sentences (even with indeed) wouldn’t stand any editing job.</p>
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<p>We shall see come October 28th.</p>
<p>for section 10 number 14 was the answer not only…but also.I think it was d.</p>
<p>“Organic fruits and vegetables cost more than normal fruits and vegetables. ________organic food costs 40% more.” </p>
<p>“Indeed” just sounds a tad awkward to be used that way. It sounds like “indeed” is trying to emphasize something that wasn’t stated in the previous sentence because the second sentence is emphasizing the 40% increase in comparison to normal fruits/vegetables. This is just my opinion - I’m not 100% sure. I’m not going to say “indeed” is wrong, but if you read it out loud, it just sounds like the two sentences are repeating the same thing.</p>