i’m French, and i’m planning to pass the sat on june or october, i need more times to learn vocabulary and grammar.
I work alone with books, and i just finished a book on the sat writing section so i practice now, but i have trouble with a question, even the commentary correction can’t help me.
So i need some persons in forum to help me understand my errors.
Is it possible in talk.college.confidential to have this help ? If no, can you give a forum where i can find help quickly, please.
Here’s the question where i’m lost :
Students often see the complex theorems of physics as useless and tiresome, not knowing that every piece of modern technology is founded on the discoveries of quantum physics.
A) students often see the complex theorems of physics and tiresome, not knowing
B) students often see the complex theorems of physics as useless and tiresome, they don’t know
C) Students, who often see the complex theorems of physics as useless and tiresome, not knowing
D) Often seeing the complex theorems of physics as useless and tiresome, they don’t know
E) The complex theorems of physics are often seen by students as useless and tiresome, they don’t know
I choosed the answer B but the good answer is A.
They said B = run one (that’s true) and A= correct (???)
Useless and tiresome are both adjectives, we use them to decribe the complex theorems of physics.
The students describe them AS useless and tiresome.
Why in the the A) choice “useless” deseaper ? Useless and tiresom are not synonyme, and the rest of the sentence “not knowing that every piece of modern technology is founded on the discoveries of quantum physics.” is not anough to get of the word “useless” no ?
You are missing the point of this part of the test. It is a grammar test. You will need to use a book that helps you with basic grammar.
A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (that is, complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.
Marie aime les croissants son chat préfère du lait. >>> What is missing here? A conjunction or a period.
For reference, it is a form of parataxe or "phrases coupées " that is NOT accepted in English. Camus might have liked it.
Yes i have an grammar section on my book and i learnd about run-on. I didn’t seen the run on on the answer B, but now i can see it.
In the sentence “Marie aime les croissants son chat préfère du lait” i would choose the conjonction “Mais” “or” ,“Et” or a period. In french we have the mnemonic for the conjunctions “mais ou est donc Ornicar ?” And in English i learnd in my book “Fanboys”
Do you speak french ? Because i have trouble with the first answer choice. When i translate the sentence in french in my head it’s sound faulse.
The translation for me is : Les étudiants voient souvent les théoremes complexe de physique et ennuyeux, sans savoir…
Don’t think in french that’s is not going to help you. I will recommend you to get a book for grammar. You can get the ultimate grammar guide to the SAT by Erica Meltzer.
First of all, do NOT translate to French. It serves no purpose and will trip you. Again, in this section, you have to look at the grammar rules and not to much as the “make sense” part after translating.
As far as the translation goes, it is a bit different:
To reproduce the error, you should not use
Les étudiants voient souvent les théoremes complexe de physique et ennuyeux, sans savoir …
but
Les étudiants voient souvent les théoremes complexe de physique et ennuyeux, ils ne savent pas.
A correct sentence in English would be (translated)
Les étudiants voient souvent les théoremes complexe de physique et ennuyeux. Ils ne savent pas … ou
Les étudiants voient souvent les théoremes complexe de physique et ennuyeux car ils ne savent pas
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Again, what is missing in B is punctuation or a conjunction. Hence the run on sentence. Keep on practicing with official tests and this rather easy part of the SAT will become clearer over time. Google search for available tests. They are all over the place but you might have to overlook the Asian characters.
