<p>Also, ^ the highest I ever got was 1800… I`m trying to get 2300+, but every time I take the critical reading I read it and some articles are vague and confusing. Any tips?</p>
<p>I wish this guide was published two years ago!
<3 You silverturtle!</p>
<p>are student and one interchangeable in a sentence? Your guide says person and number, but in this sentence, B is the correct answer (which sounds right to me but I want to know why it’s wrong grammatically speaking). Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>As a student becomes familiar with both early and contemporary Native American literature, one (B) may notice that traditional stories have influenced recent ones.</p>
<p>Hi again silver, I have another question this time. I often hear of ways to approach a CR passage, but I have yet to hear a proper approach to the Writing section’s passages. How do you do it? As in, do you just read the entire passage before looking at the questions, or do you look at questions and passage at the same time? What technique do you use?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>I realise this has been asked numerous times, but how many times did you (silverturtle) take the SATs and during what grade?</p>
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<p>I’m sorry, but I do not have experience with any of those sources.</p>
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<p>If one is resigned to getting four B’s, freshman year is, of course, the best time to do so. If you get all or nearly all straight A’s from here on out, the impact of the B’s will be minor but, unfortunately, not negligible.</p>
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<p>Could you be more specific? Are you referring to some of the more subjective Improving Paragraphs questions at the end of the section? If so, (as on CR) taking practice tests in order to adopt the proper mindset is most helpful. Logicality in transitions and sequence and brevity are common considerations.</p>
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This is very tough to answer because English teachers vary significantly in what they are looking for. You'll want to do what they tell you to do; I find myself doing things for school essays that I wouldn't otherwise do and firmly disagree with because I know my grade would suffer if I chose not to. Perhaps, however, following her advice may strengthen your writing, especially if you are indeed not fully, specifically, and relevantly supporting your points.
Naturally, good English teachers won't be impressed by big words if those words were clearly used instead of smaller, more appropriate words. Always use the most appropriate word: sometimes a simple and common word will be appropriate; other times a more precise but less common word is required. Most importantly, have a firm understanding of every word that you use (I regularly look up relatively simple words that I am pretty confident of just to make sure that my associations with the words are exactly consistent with the words' denotations). Communication breaks down if you don't.
[quote] Lastly, what classes would you recommend me taking? Preferably so Ivy League colleges think it's impressive? I`m currently taking AP World History, English Honours II, Spanish II, Chemistry Prep, and Algebra II Honours. There's always room for improvement, but I'm not sure which I should take next year and some AP classes I could possibly study at home.
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<p>I don’t know your school’s rigor or course offerings. Talk with upperclassmen about the difficulties of courses. Based on that and your knowledge of yourself, take the most difficult course load in which you can succeed.</p>
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<p>“one” can be used only in general reference. In contrast, “student” narrows down to a particular group, so “one” is not in agreement. “one” agrees only with “his or her,” “him or her,” or “he or she.”</p>
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<p>I’m not usually pressed for time on the Writing section, so I am able to comfortably read through the passage first. Some questions, such as those relating to sentence placement, are difficult to answer without understanding the passage as a whole. Fortunately, they are brief.</p>
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<p>Three times: seventh grade and freshman and junior years.</p>
<p>Anyone having trouble getting over the ‘700’ hump? I’m scoring consistent 700’s, but can’t seem to get over the hump. Perhaps just taking more practice tests?</p>
<p>Can someone clarify this writing question?</p>
<p>The common cold is one of our most indiscriminate diseases; it makes no distinction between you and me, millionaires and paupers, or athletes and couch potatoes. No error</p>
<p>I picked A since I thought it should have been ‘one of the most’, since ‘our’ doesn’t properly refer to ‘millionaires and paupers’ and ‘athletes and couch potatoes’.</p>
<p>is a pronoun that follows a preposition always its object and therefore always in the objective case?</p>
<p>^^ “our” is being used as the possessive of this sense of “we” (from the Random House Dictionary):</p>
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<p>It is not referring specifically to the people listed later; those are used merely for example.</p>
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<p>Pretty much. Here is a counterexample:</p>
<p>During the play that I was talking about he delivered his lines artfully.</p>
<p>But the fact that “he” should not be in the objective case here is obvious.</p>
<p>Why is the answer C?</p>
<p>A(In dating) unknown works of art, scholars B(become) detectives, C(following down) clues and working out theories that fit the D(available facts). E(No Error)</p>
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<p>“following down” is an incorrect phrase. The denotation of “follow” makes clear that the word can function appropriately in the sentence without the aid of a preposition. Or you could say “hunting down” if you really wanted to keep “down.”</p>
<p>So it’s supposed to be “following”?</p>
<p>^but i thought that you arent supposed to pick a choice in the “Finding Errors” section just because you wanted to remove part of that choice.</p>
<p>Like in that example, you said you were supposed to remove the “down” part and keep follow.</p>
<p>Also this was from the 2005 PSAT alternate test and the writing curve was really generous. How come?</p>
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<p>That is one possible alternative.</p>
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<p>Where did you hear that? You are supposed to mark the incorrect phrase.</p>
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<p>It must have been a difficult test.</p>
<p>Would ‘following down’ be classified as idiomatically incorrect? It just sounds ‘naturally’ wrong to native speakers.</p>