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<p>In general, pretty important. But what are your other EC’s?</p>
<p>Sorry for the frequency of these grammar questions. </p>
<p>Would a comma be appropriate in the following sentence?</p>
<p>“I am not sick, though I feel dizzy.”</p>
<p>Generally, should a comma be placed between two independent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction? And if so, for which conjunctions? Thanks.</p>
<p>Are you a college student , silverturtle , because , no one would offer THAT much help , but some1 who had finished yhe SAT !!</p>
<p>I think he’s a rising senior.</p>
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<p>You actually have one independent clause and one dependent clause there. “I am not sick” can stand alone and is therefore independent; “though I feel dizzy” is dependent. </p>
<p>When a subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause, whether you need a comma is dependent upon the placement of that dependent clause: if the dependent clause comes before the independent clause, you need a comma; if not, you don’t. For example:</p>
<p>Though I feel dizzy, I am not sick. Comma is necessary.</p>
<p>I am not sick though I feel dizzy. Comma is optional.</p>
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<p>Silverturtle, have you read Cal Newport’s How to Be a High School Superstar? If so, what do you think about it?</p>
<p>^ I have not read it.</p>
<p>Can you clarify the use of was/were in the following sentence (which I borrowed from another source)?</p>
<p>“If I was to train as a carpenter, I would get to wear safety goggles.”</p>
<p>Is “was” appropriate, since there is nothing contrary to fact?</p>
<p>^ What is the source? I disagree with the use of “was” there; “were” should be used, as indicated by “would.”</p>
<p>Yeah I agree. “If I were” should have been in place. The word “would” makes it a future-tense, meaning he would have done it in the future. Was indicated the past, or that you have already done it. “I was the president”. “If I were to become president” means in the future if he became president.</p>
<p>[Orange</a> Crate Art: If I were, if I was](<a href=“http://mleddy.blogspot.com/2007/03/if-i-were-if-i-was.html]Orange”>Orange Crate Art: If I were, if I was)</p>
<p>Not the most credible source, of course. That sentence tripped me up too.</p>
<p>I’m still having a lot of trouble with the sentence completion questions. I usually get 3-4 of them wrong per reading section, and the vocab isn’t the only thing that stumps me. Sometimes, with questions with two blanks, I just can’t wrap my head around putting two words into the sentence. I get stuck so frequently on the SC, but I usually only get 1 or 2 questions wrong per passage section (not per passage, but for all of the passages in one CR section). I ordered both volumes of DH, and they should arrive in a couple of weeks, but besides the vocab, how can I overcome getting stuck with double-blanks and definitions of words that are closely related to each other? </p>
<p>For example, concise…elaborate vs. succinct…enlightening in the sentence, “The professor’s presentation was both ----- and -----: though brief, it was instructive.” Both pairs of corresponding words mean roughly the same thing. I chose the former, but the latter was the correct answer… Help?</p>
<p>Also, double blank problems are just a pain for me… For example: Although the editors were reputed to be very -----, the uneven quality of the material they put into the anthology suggests they were too -----.
A. amateurish…professional
B. lax…harsh
C. selective…inclusive (right answer)
D. judgmental…discriminating
E. sensitive…insightful</p>
<p>It took me a really long time to arrive at the right answer. I was just confused by the ambiguity of the sentence and I was wondering if it could have been A or B. How can I overcome this especially?</p>
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<p>The answer is definitely C. </p>
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<p>I would suggest practicing.</p>
<p>In the first sentence completion both concise and succinct were correct, but elaborate does not mean instructive only enlightening works.</p>
<p>In the second SC, inclusive means to include everything and/or a lot of things. The sentence is implying that the uneven quality of the material was because there was too much of it included. I agree, that one was hard.</p>
<p>Does a 780 on the SAT Literature Subject Test ameliorate a 740 critical reading? When I retake the SAT this fall, would it behoove me to try to focus on raising my math (also a 740) or instead should I focus on reading and math equally? This will be my second time taking it.</p>
<p>1 quick question. Which of these are right, or are they both right:</p>
<p>Is any one of you sick?
Are any one of you sick?</p>
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“Is any one of you sick?” is wrong.</p>
<p>I don’t know about the second one, but it sounds wrong.</p>
<p>^Are you saying that both are wrong?</p>
<p>“Any one” is the subject, and is singular, so “Is any one of you sick?” is correct.</p>
<p>@ Silverturtle: What makes your writing section so great? To say, that we can trust it indefinitely to be accurate… sorry nothing against you but correctness of one’s material can easily be altered via internet. aka wikipedia.</p>
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<p>Improving one is about as important as improving the other (i.e., CR vs. M), so spend your time in the way that you feel will result in the greatest chance of score improvement. In general, Subject Tests don’t directly compensate for a relatively poor SAT score in a roughly corresponding subject. However, 740 is a strong score on CR, and 780 is a great score on Literature; so admissions’ officers general impression of your reading ability should be very positive even if you don’t improve.</p>