October 2010 Writing SAT thread

<p>^ by comparison</p>

<p>Indeed. Even silverturtle said indeed.</p>

<p>I put a NE for one that I don’t think people are even debating whether it was NE. I think it went something along the lines of, “the business’s willingness to negotiate… showed that it can maintain labor relations and stay peaceful, while still making a profit.” </p>

<p>I wasn’t sure whether “making” was correct or not. At first I thought it had to be parallel so it should have been “make,” but when I read it in my head, “make” sounded awkward. Now when I say it aloud, “make” sounds better. I don’t know if that’s just my mind playing tricks on me though. Can I get someone else’s opinion?</p>

<p>@strawbear
there was an error at “while”</p>

<p>I remember 2 or 3 NE’s but grammar isn’t my forte, I’ll tentatively say 2.</p>

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What was wrong with “while”?</p>

<p>It wasn’t parallel.</p>

<p>From what I heard from my son the essay topic was very different from previous topics and asked for an opinion. Was it easier or harder to write this type of essay?</p>

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also “while” should have been “and” for the list</p>

<p>I thought the essay topic was much easier than usual, but it was definitely different. I suspect most had a tougher time on this essay prompt though, at least that’s what I can gather from talking with my friends and from posts on cc.</p>

<p>Unfortunately I don’t think “while” was a choice. ^^;</p>

<p>While was part of an answer choice with a few other words</p>

<p>Hmm maybe I remembered it incorrectly. But I don’t quite understand how “while” is an error.</p>

<p>‘while still making’ were the three words underlined I believe.</p>

<p>Oh okay. So it was the same thing I was referring to? </p>

<p>I think I’ll ask an English teacher tomorrow because I think we’re all about on the same level of grammatical skill.</p>

<p>@strawbearries - you’re remembering the sentence wrong. it’s actually, “the business’s willingness to negotiate… showed that it can maintain labor relations, stay peaceful, while still making a profit.” that’s why “while” was incorrect.</p>

<p>How many people had 2 no errors and what were your scores on practice sat writing tests?Same for those of you that had 1 no error.</p>

<p>which one was the second no error if the mammal one is no error</p>

<p>I had one no error and where did silverturtle confirm indeed over by comparison. i want to see that.</p>

<p>silver turtle is it possible that there was only one no error on the entire SAT? i k it hasnt happened before, but many people including myself easily found errors in other sentences on the error ID section.</p>