<p>Silver turtle, this question:
Soon after the first visitors arrived, increasing numbers of the residents of the remote island thought it possible that the outside world, instead of being <strong><em>, could be</em></strong> and worth exploring
A) insular… unlimited
b) friendly… wicked
c) amiable… cooperative
d) threatening… fascinating
e) forbidding… harmful</p>
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<p>D.</p>
<p>Both words have to contrast. This eliminates E and C. </p>
<p>Worth exploring has a possible connotation and so should the second blank. This eliminates B.</p>
<p>You’re done to A and D. </p>
<p>Unlimited doesn’t really make sense in the second blank.</p>
<p>There you go.</p>
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Really? The sentence merely says that they know that such a phenomenon occurs; whether they have knowledge of a description of the phenomenon is beyond the context. </p>
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They do not search for actions, no, but description and explication are acts of explanation as defined by 1a.</p>
<p>In any case, assuming the context of the sentence to mean that (a meaning that would render 1a. and 1b. completely and logically impossible–a meaning that the sentence in dispute is devoid of) which rules alternative meanings in opposition to be inconsistent with the self-interpreted “intended” meaning when the original goal is to prove that the meaning which would cause “for” to be the more fitting preposition would be a case of begging the question.</p>
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<p>Well if “the sky is blue” is a statement universally accepted, then it can be assumed. That is not the case with "search for an explanation [preposition] the [phenomenon]–it is completely logical that the scientists could be searching for textual description (an impersonal act of description) or primary descriptors (something which explains) of the phenomenon itself.</p>
<p>hey can you help me with these SAt questions please? the first is a math question and the next few are writing questions.</p>
<p>1.This was a graph question but my question with this problem is…if y is directly proportional to x on a graph, why does the line have to go thru the origin? Can’t it have a positive slope but go have a negative x-intercept?</p>
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<li>She was concerned about how Hank would react to the incident, but in searching his face, he did not seem to be at all embarrassed or troubled.
(A) in searching his face, he did not seem to be
(B) by searching his face, it showed that he
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(C) a search of his face showed that he seemed not
(D) searching his face, he did not seem to be
(E) his face being searched showed that he was not</li>
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<p>------I don’t understand why the answer isn’t A or D</p>
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<li>The famous filmmaker had a tendency **of changing **his recollections, perhaps out of boredom at having to tell interviewers the same story over and over. </li>
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<p>------is the proper idiom, had a tendency to change his recollections?</p>
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<li>The television station has received many complaints about clothing advertisements, which some viewers condemn to be tasteless. </li>
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<p>------Is the proper idiom, “to being”?</p>
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<li>Experiments have shown that human skn provides natural protection against a surprising large number of infectius bacteria. </li>
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<p>----I have a feeling surprising should be “surprisingly” but is it because an adv modifies an adj? </p>
<p>Sorry about the questions! i just wanted to make sure of my explanations because i’m taking my last SAT in Oct! Thanks :)</p>
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2) We don’t know who is searching his face. I think the answer is C.
3) Yes, it should be tendency to change
4) I think it should be condemn as
5) I think surprisingly modifies large, an adjective, so yes.</p>
<p>For (1), when y is directly proportional to x, this means that y = kx, where k is a number. Also, a line with an intercept of b instead is y = mx+b. So, b=0 for a direct proportion, i.e., it goes through the origin.</p>
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<p>when using the “one of…” construction is the object of the preposition the word that we use to determine whether the verb following is either singular or plural?</p>
<p>for example, “one of those people who [are] never ready on time” would be correct as opposed to “one of those people who is never ready on time”, right?</p>
<p>also, when “but” is used as a coordinating conjunction if the first independent caluse and the second are related, the subject need not be repeated in the second one right?</p>
<p>for example: I have heard the arguments, but still am unconvinced</p>
<p>I am just wondering because this is what the “elements of style” says but I am not sure if this what the SAT/ACT follows, thanks.</p>
<p>For number 2, don’t you know that “she” is the one who is doing the searching? </p>
<p>For the math question, directly proportional basically means no y-intercept then right? i just assumed that as long as y increases when x increases, that would mean the graph is directly proportional, whether it has a y-intercept or not. I understand what you’re saying, fignewton, but does my reasoning not make sense at all?</p>
<p>i just always get the easy questions wrong and get the hard ones right, so I’m not really sure how to fix that…</p>
<p>thanks :)</p>
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<p>There is a y-intercept; it’s just zero. The point is to recognize that all directly proportional quantities are related by A=kB, where k is a constant of proportionality and A and B are the related quantities. If you plug in zero for either A or B, you get zero for the other number, so their intercepts are at the origin.</p>
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<p>This isn’t a case of ambiguity: we have a mismodifying participial phrase. “searching” needs to modify the subject of whatever clause it proceeds, which is “he” in this case. But that is illogical.</p>
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<p>Yes, the infinitive is the correct complement. I actually mentioned this one in the guide:</p>
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<p>The correct form is “condemn as” here. This is one of the phrases on the idiom list in the guide.</p>
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<p>Correct. Adjectives cannot modify fellow adjectives.</p>
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<p>Either can be acceptable, depending on the intended meaning. For example, “one of those people who are never ready on time” means that the people are never ready on time and that “one” is one of those people. But “one of those people who is never ready on time” means that the people are not necessarily never ready on time, that “one” is one of those people, and that “one” is never ready on time. Read the phrase with this emphasis and you might see my point:</p>
<p>one of those people who is never ready on time</p>
<p>So you could say, “I found one of the green turtles who actually has some red on his belly.”</p>
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<p>Yes, you do not have to repeat the subject, but you usually don’t use a comma if you don’t, as in:</p>
<p>I have heard the arguments but still am unconvinced.</p>
<p>Anyone know what “nascent” means?</p>
<p>I’m not sure whether it means “in development” or “just developed”</p>
<p>Please Help!</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
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<p>Without looking it up, I believe that it can mean either of those things.</p>
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<p>No, I don’t think so. If a sentence read, “The boy was fascinated by his new box of cards,” the implication is that the boy is aware that the box contains cards.</p>
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<p>I’m not sure what you’re saying here.</p>
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<p>I did not assume the meaning; I interpreted the meaning from the sentence and conveyed the context that drove that interpretation.</p>
<p>Hey, I have a quick question on a writing question that’s in your guide.</p>
<p>On #6, the sentence is:
"[The beaver is the largest rodent in North America, it] has a large, flat, nearly hairless tail; webbed hind feet; and short front legs with hairy claws.</p>
<p>Why are there semi-colons? Shouldn’t there be commas? The funny thing is that I remember seeing this in a real SAT before. I thought the collegeboard had a typo or something, but I guess not?</p>
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<p>When you have a list of items and at least one of those items has a comma within it, you use semicolons to separate the items.</p>