October 2010 Writing SAT thread

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<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.</p>

<p>indeed indicates specification/example of a generalization in the previous sentence.
the first sentence was general “they’re more expensive” the second was specific “they’re this much more expensive”</p>

782

<p>I actually think that the problem was a bad one and that both answers worked just as well/badly in that situation. I just felt like I needed to correct you because your example gave a clear advantage to by comparison, which was not the case on the test.</p>

783

<p>Yeah, I really don’t know. Indeed and by comparison both don’t sound perfectly right in that case. Something that sounds the lines of “Comparing those two” or “In fact” fits better. My reasoning for choosing “by comparison” is that “indeed” is supposed to pull a detail from the previous sentence to support the sentence afterwards, and if it were “indeed”, the sentences should be swapped in order to be more logical.</p>

784

<p>Does anyone remember any other answer choices for this question other than ‘indeed’ and ‘by comparison’?</p>

785

<p>so the consensus is only one no error and it was the mammal one</p>

786

<p>^ People are saying there was an error in that question. I, however, remain skeptical.</p>

787

<p>I seriously don’t understand how you can only have 1 or 0 no errors. Are you sure people aren’t making up errors?</p>

788

<p>If you had the writing as experimental, you really shouldn’t say how many no errors you’ve marked.</p>

<p>And I’m pretty sure I marked ‘For instance’ for one of the answers on the writing.</p>

789

<p>I’m pretty confident that there were two no errors on this writing section, simply due to the fact that the general consensus that there was a low amount, and the fact that College board has never had 1 or 0 no errors before.</p>

790

<p>^ Wouldn’t it be like Collegeboard to put 0 no errors on the sat and trick kids into panicking and finding questions to put no error for? :)</p>

791

<p>organic foods cost more than others. Indeed, (otherwise known as in fact) they cost 4000 dollars more (or whatever it said). </p>

<p>vs.</p>

<p>Organic foods cost more than other foods. By comparison (this is clearly redundant) they cost 4000 dollars more. </p>

<p>Mammals= No error - the word “that” does not need to be present in order to introduce a noun clause. You guys are not arguing based on grammar rules!!</p>

792

<p>Why do people even bother arguing for their answers when they try so blatantly to slant the words into their favor? Dipsh1ts.</p>

793

<p>im sorry arent you the kid whos arguing that there were 2 no errors because collegeboard usually has at least 2? Also I am not slanting any words, thats how the sentences were. ive never gotten anything wrong on these sections of the writing.</p>

794

<p>i think “in fact” was one of the answer choices. ■■■</p>

795

<p>overrated- “in fact” was not because “indeed” means the same thing as “in fact” Im a million percent sure that “indeed” is correct.</p>

796

<p>Are you taking a sh1t while you type your ****? You’re trying to tell us that’s exactly how it’s worded? Really now?</p>

797

<p>I apologize, that was not that exact wording, rather the meaning of the sentences was not much different than that. I apologize if I offended you in any way.</p>

798

<p>Affirmative for no error mammal ______ is _______. = The reason is its ability…
Affirmative for Indeed. By comparison indicates contrast</p>

799

<p>^For the mammal question, only “its” was underlined.</p>

800

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yeah I was just trying to make the grammar/syntax clear. I think a noun is acceptable for a reason.</p>