SAT January 2012 - Writing

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<p>Was imminent/ eminent experimental or real?</p>

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<p>real unfortunately</p>

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<p>Yea I’m pretty sure the speed of sound was (tricky)^2 since they expect you to use your super-epic elite-sat-Barron-skills and put no error since you knew that “that of” is an acceptable phrase, but that was a trick within a trick, since in that context, they made it an error. </p>

<p>Or it could just be no error, idk… I think (D) is still right though.</p>

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<p>SOmeone compile the answers</p>

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<p>1a) The speed of sound in air is faster than that of sound in water.</p>

<p>1b) The speed of sound in air is faster than that in water. </p>

<p>2a) The swiftness of the cheetah at noon is faster than that of the cheetah at night. </p>

<p>2b) The swiftness of the cheetah at noon is faster than that at night.</p>

<p>Which ones are correct?</p>

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<p>IceQube/ Precisely what I’m thinking. I don’t even see the point in presenting an argument for that problem.</p>

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<p>What argument are you trying to make IceQube? Are you saying that it was NE?</p>

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<p>^Wait, so what you’re saying is it’s obviously no error?</p>

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<p>@ ICE 1b and 2b.</p>

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<p>The speed of sound one was correct as written.</p>

<p>Does this make sense to you?</p>

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<p>Problem solved :).</p>

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<p>it was faster than that of sound in water.</p>

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<p>Did You guys say before sentence 9 for the improve paragraph?</p>

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<p>what was the aspirin one answer?</p>

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<p>Yup I got A =D and yay i used the teapot Dome and Harding’s administration too~~~</p>

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<p>The problem with the speed of sound is that we don’t have the definite question. We’re basically trying to use the end to justify the mean, so everyone has their own perception of what the correct answer is yet can’t prove it because they’re bias of their own answer.</p>

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<p>jman010295 made a really good point regarding the speed of sound question.</p>

<p>If the pronoun “That” can replace the sound or the air, then its an ambiguous pronoun.</p>

<p>this should clear it up</p>

<p>[SparkNotes:</a> Writing Multiple-Choice Questions: Ambiguous and Vague Pronouns](<a href=“SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides”>SparkNotes: Today's Most Popular Study Guides)</p>

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<p>Guys, a few things:

  1. it WAS ;of which many are not found (I put it in Word and that is correct, the other choice was a run on); restructure it if it bothers you: many of which are not found…
  2. I am 100% sure “that of sound in water” is no error…that phrase was different from “of sound in air” Sound in air was the phrase and Sound in water was the other. It had to be repeated
  3. What exactly was the question on 14? I breezed through that without much thought, but I think there was an error. I need to see the sentence cause I forget</p>
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<p>@IceQube 1a) The speed of sound in air is faster than that of sound in water.</p>

<p>1b) The speed of sound in air is faster than that in water. </p>

<p>the 2nd one doesn’t make sense since “that” could refer to the speed or the sound. the first one sounds awkward but there’s nothing wrong with it…I think the best sounding sentence would be “the speed of sound in air is faster than in water”</p>

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<p>Can anybody confirm what Divy said about the </p>

<p>;of which sentence? I put ;of which myself.</p>

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<p>Divy is wrong about the sound of water one. I am 100% sure about that. No on here is copying down the exact sentence correctly.</p>

<p>The speed of sound is faster in air than the speed of sound is in water.</p>

<p>It should have been:
The speed of sound is faster in air than in water</p>

<p>GOD NO ONE HAS BEEN TRANSCRIBING THIS CORRECTLY AND IT WAS P*SSING ME OFF!</p>