<p>Which is better?</p>
<p>Do you want to go with him and me? </p>
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<p>Do you want to go with me and him?</p>
<p>^ Grammatically, they are both fine. However, some consider it more polite to put “me” second.</p>
<p>For college essays, are the well-rounded 2100+ group students that admissions officers would like? How focused should you be? Are you screwed if you participate in a multitude of activities rather than being well-placed in just two or three?</p>
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As I have repeatedly stated, the sentence suggests that the arrival of swallows in San Juan Capistrano on the same day each spring is the phenomenon.<a href=“emphasis%20mine”>/quote</a></p>
<p>So a description of the swallows’ arrival (“in San Juan…spring”) would not be a description of the phenomenon?</p>
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How do the words by themselves (i.e., no interpretation done by a reader) preclude as a possible meaning the scientists search for descriptors, reference, or both?</p>
<p>heyy…does anybody know where I can get collegeboard tests b/c i used up the ones in the Blue Book and SAT Online Course…:/</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
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<p>Most applicants are well-rounded, but those who participate with dedication in a narrow group of activities can do well also.</p>
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<p>Of just the swallows’ arrival, correct. With the modifiers, it would be.</p>
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<p>This is answered via an interpretation, which I have done.</p>
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<p>Have you taken the three practice tests that are available online? You can also use old PSAT copies, which can be purchased from the College Board’s online store.</p>
<p>heyy…i was doing a writing section and i didn’t understand why “desirous” was used incorrectly in the following sentence. </p>
<p>For any mayor of a vast metropolitan area, an understanding of current issues in all districts is not only desirous but also vital. No error. </p>
<p>thank u!</p>
<p>^ It’s a diction error. Here is the definition of “desirous”:</p>
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<p>The intended word was “desirable.” An understanding cannot have desire for something.</p>
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<p>Which of the following is the best version of sentence 3 (reproduced below)?
*To fail, one must first make an attempt. *</p>
<p>A. (As it is now)
B. To fail, you must first have been making an attempt.
C. In failing, one must make an attempt first.
D. First, you must make an attempt to have failed.
E. One must make an attempt first, to fail. </p>
<p>The answer is A, but could you please give a short explanation about why each of the other letters are incorrect?</p>
<p>thanks again ~~</p>
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<p>(B) has the wrong tense; the sentence intends to convey a general truth, which means that we use the simple present tense. (C) is wrong because it implies that one must make an attempt while failing. (D) has the wrong tense; it uses the simple present tense as a requirement for something written in the present perfect tense. (E) has an incorrect comma that breaks up the sentence.</p>
<p>i just felt like A was wrong because it makes it seem like the person is purposely trying to fail. Basically i just thought choice A conveyed an incorrect meaning…or i could just be totally off. lol.</p>
<p>and i’m really sorry for the questions but can i ask you 2 more? thanks in advance 
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<li>In winter, when the ponds froze over, the villagers went skating, and the most venturesome of whom played chase and and executed complicated turns on the ice. </li>
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<p>For the underlined part above, I know that the correct phrase is “with the most venturesome playing chase and executing,” but I was just wondering if you could explain just why the “and” is incorrect. (i just knew it was wrong b/c it sounded awkward…)</p>
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<li>Because European filmmaking all but shut down during the First World War is the reason why the film industry in the US rose to prominence. </li>
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<p>For the underlined phrase above, why is “The fact that European filmmaking nearly shut down during the First World War is why” an incorrect correction?</p>
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<p>Even without the “and,” the sentence would be incorrect because the modifying clause needs to be immediately adjacent to what it is modifying. The sentence could be</p>
<p>In winter, when the ponds froze over, the villagers, the most venturesome of whom played chase and executed complicated turns on the ice, went skating.</p>
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<p>I don’t see a problem with that correction.</p>
<p>That answer choice is incorrect because it is wordy and is a reflection of bad writing style. It is not grammatically incorrect, but it is not the best way to correct the sentence. A question on the SAT would never have that as the correct answer choice. A better sentence is:
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<p>The phrase “all but” is supposed to give you the impression that all is possible except this very one thing–that is how close to it we are. Hence, it means “nearly.”</p>
<p>Assume that A and B are clauses.
CORRECT: Because A, B.
CORRECT: B because A.
INCORRECT: The fact that A is why B.</p>
<p>Crazybandit is right that the phrase is uneconomical.</p>
<p>Hey, I have a quick grammar question.</p>
<p>Would whoever or whomever be correct in the following sentence?</p>
<p>I have a prize for whoever solves the most problems.</p>
<p>It seems like you could use whomever because it’s the object of the preposition ‘for’, but it is also the subject of “solves the most problems.”</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>^ Use “whoever.” “whoever solves the most problems” is the object, but within that object “whoever” is a subject.</p>
<p>^ Wow, reading your posts, it seems like I fail at grammar. But then again, I wasn’t always good at understanding what pro-nouns, verbs and all that were though. </p>
<p>But the good thing is that I haven’t yet read your grammar section, so I hope I get to know it better.</p>