Official September 2013 ACT English Thread

<p>I think I put a period as well. ^</p>

<p>Period, definitely. </p>

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<p>was it “, so to help” or -it helped?</p>

<p>with the period was it “he got his degree. In 1987,” or “he got his degree in 1987.”</p>

<p>“he got his degree. In 1987,” do you remember the passage about salmon it talked about the fish… It was either “,they swim” or “and then they swim” something along those lines about after they are born</p>

<p>I cant remember that, im trying to find the article</p>

<p>@coleworld I put “and they swim” and @rafanadal I put -it helped can someone remind me of the high school senior question… I don’t recall.</p>

<p>does anybody remember the question in the civil war passage where it said something like “the women enjoyed liberties they didn’t previously have as sergeant jim, another person, voted for Lincoln, 60 years before they got the right to vote.”</p>

<p>i was stuck between adding “such as” after previously have and a comma after previously have </p>

<p>I chose comma </p>

<p>Also, another question in the civil wars passage: the one where the options were “than having been” or “than be”</p>

<p>i chose than be since the other ones sounded awkward</p>

<p>A lot of people chose than having been but i think “than being” was correct</p>

<p>Yeah, I agree. The sentence stated that women CHOSE which, if i remember correctly, would agree with “rather than be”</p>

<p>“than be” all the way: being wouldnt work because it’s present tense, and having been is pluperfect, meaning the theoretical situation would have occurred before the main verb…</p>

<p>I got “having been” and “I read it”. Also, going back to the superhero question, I think the answer directly said something about comic books, which is why I went with that one. </p>

<p>for the one about the books, was it “early inclination” or “early incline”?</p>

<p>Pretty sure it’s inclination.</p>

<p>Yes, it was inclination.</p>

<p>Nice to hear some backup on the “than be” side. For the Seattle passage, I think like the first question-- did y’all put “, so to be” ?</p>

<p>hey relatively smart, i got the same answer as you for the Percy Shelly question. I believe that may be the right answer because the first paragraph was talking about the contest between Mary Shelly, Percy Shelly, and Lord Byron. I thought that it tied the beginning well.</p>

<p>Was the one that had Percy shelly in the answer for the ending of the Frankenstein passage the answer?</p>

<p>^i believe there was an answer…Mary Shelley would be “horrified”, meaning no change on the test</p>

<p>Im not sure what i put for the incline question regarding:/</p>

<p>I think it was to devolp an early incline towards mathematics.</p>