SAT writing test encourages bad writing

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<p>Very interesting article <a href=“http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/11593557.htm[/url]”>http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/11593557.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Basically the longer u write, the better score u get and it doesnt matter if u dont get all the right facts.</p>

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<p>No, like you were going to become a good writer through a MC editing test and superficial essay.</p>

<p>It’s just a test. You have to do well on the test to go to college. You want to go to college. You know how to beat the test. Now go do it.</p>

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<p>There is also a correlation between composition skill and efficiency. Obviously a 100-word paper cannot carry much depth when you need to abide by the standard essay format.</p>

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<p>Perhaps we can say there is a difference in depth between the extremes, but if virtually all the tests in between showed this coorelation… there’s something wrong.</p>

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<p>“forcing schools to better teach writing.” I hope that quote is not from collegeboard, but rather a mistake from the writer.</p>

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<p>i hope so!! i used every line</p>

<p>quantiy>quality i hear.</p>

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<p>you said:
““forcing schools to better teach writing.” I hope that quote is not from collegeboard, but rather a mistake from the writer.”</p>

<p>^ it depends how you read it. the way they wrote it, they want teachers to be better at teaching writing. what your thinking is if they wanted the teachers to teach a better kind of writing. it works either way, but then again i got 520 on writing in march… come on 600 come onnnnn 600 (may).</p>

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<p>I was referring to the split infinitive</p>

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<p>Bah, I love to always split my infinitives! It’s reasonably acceptable now except in especially formal writing.</p>

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<p>The guy from MIT said that there was a direct correlation between the length of an essay and its numerical score, but my essay was only 237 words and scored a 12. (He mentioned that essays of around 100 words were given 1’s, while longer essays of about 400 words were given 6’s.)</p>

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<p>“I was referring to the split infinitive”</p>

<p>no idea what your talking about… im struggling for a B in normal english :D</p>

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<p>taffy,
An infinitive is a type of verbal (that is, a phrase including a verb that acts as a different part of speech). Infinitives are composed of the preposition “to” and a verb. In the sentence “I like to eat cheese,” “to eat” is an infinitive.</p>

<p>Split infinitives have an adverbs between the two parts.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;