<p>^Oh i had it backwards. Thanks. Makes so much sense now! </p>
<p>Also, check your PM box. I sent you my essay.</p>
<p>I have got a slight problem here. Someone mind to answer the question please…</p>
<p>(Behind)(A) the stage (were)(B) the props, dressing rooms, rack of costumes, and (a place)(C) for all of the actors and actresses (to relax and rest)(D) between acts. (No error)(E).</p>
<p>please elaborate your answer too…</p>
<p>And by the way silverturtle your guide is great…
also can u please mail me your self chancing excel sheet… my email id is <a href="mailto:som_j12suvas@yahoo.com">som_j12suvas@yahoo.com</a></p>
<p>^answer is E.</p>
<p>After going through the writing guide all in one go (i advise against this lol) I can almost say that i learned more new words than from my vocabulary list LOL.</p>
<p>On a more serious note, with just sorta skimming it I am only missing a few in the writing sections. If i was to sit down and absorb it all I would be prepared for a Grammar Olympiad…</p>
<p>This whole thing though is a really great guide and I cant even fathom how many hours you must have put into this. Very exceptional.</p>
<p>@yalefanboy
First of all thanx for answering…
I too thought that E was the right answer. But according to the book from which this question was taken, the correct answer is B and the reason it gave is:</p>
<p>“When the subject of the sentence (stage) follows
the verb, the verb still takes its number from the
subject. Because stage is singular, the verb needs
to be singular, too.Were should be was.”</p>
<p>Can anybody make it clear for me pleaseeeee…</p>
<p><a href=“Behind”>quote</a>(A) the stage (were)(B) the props, dressing rooms, rack of costumes, and (a place)(C) for all of the actors and actresses (to relax and rest)(D) between acts. (No error)(E).
[/quote]
</p>
<p>The answer is (C) because there is a lack of parallelism. The definite article, “the,” must carry either to all of the items in the list or just the first item. Instead, here it carries to the first three; the fourth item is given an indefinite article. Corrected forms of this sentence include:</p>
<p>Behind the stage were the props, the dressing rooms, the rack of costumes, and a place for all of the actors and actresses to relax and rest between acts.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with the verb in the sentence, and “stage” is not the subject.</p>
<p>If 3a + 4b = 4, 6a+6b = ?</p>
<p>I just want to see if anyone can solve this, since I think that it’s got multiple answers and that the given’s wrong. Not to mention that CB doesn’t give questions that short unless the first given was 3b instead of 4b. There’d be something accompanying it. Anyone?</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>You essentially have three variables (a, b, and ?) but only two equations. Unless the coefficients in front of a and b in the first equation were the same, the system would not be uniquely solvable.</p>
<p>Thought so. Thanks.</p>
<p>Just be really careful about some of the information in this “guide”. I will be returning to my previous position in admissions at my alma mater (an Ivy League Universlity), and boy, some of the questions and answers he’s providing about waitlists, and rescinding offers and other information is so wrong as to mislead potential candidates.</p>
<p>And the sections regarding grammar…oh please! I own a tutoring company, and if I ever had a tutor spend time teaching a student grammar, they’d never make it through the test. That’s not their job. It’s why I don’t have English and Math teachers tutoring…they try to teach Math and English, when you have to teach the SAT (or ACT). Things like learning the participle, or the past participle are irrelevant. You have to know simple things like which words clue you in to the past, the past of the past, which clue you in to an action that is continuing, an action that started before another, etc.</p>
<p>You will NEVER need to know those terms for the test, as he mentions, so don’t get caught up in them. Learn the tips that will move you through the test…it’s a game, learn the strategic game play.</p>
<p>See you on campus!</p>
<p>thanx silverturtle for clarifying the answer…
I think i have to leave this book for practicing the SAT questions.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Could you be more specific?</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>hey silverturtle. thanks for commenting on my essay and all. I think this explanation is way too captious. I mean you are right in that the fourth item has an indefinite article but it has some type of article and in that respect the sentence is paralle.l I don’t think it matters if the sentence does not imply a “the” before “place”. I am no idiot btw–I got a 780 on W. I know you didn’t assume my idiocy but just to give myself some credibility.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I disagree. I think that that works for most, but the target audience for this guide seems to be people trying for a near-perfect score. You cannot get a near-perfect score only by knowing the strategies and what you have learned in school; you must know how to answer ANY question that could come up. There is the possibility (more than a possibility) that every kind of question Silverturtle covers will be on the test. If you’re going for perfect, know it all. Not to mention, I think Silverturtle knows where it’s at as a perfect scorer. JMO.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I maintain that the article must apply either to just the item immediately after the article or to every item in the list. Here is my original example from the guide:</p>
<p>
</code></pre>
<p>(“Likewise” is unclear there without context: the original sentence is incorrect.)</p>
<p>And here is an additional example consistent with the rule:</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Source: [Parallel</a> Form](<a href=“http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm]Parallel”>http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm)</p>
<p>Interesting…That is a very good website you posted.</p>
<p>Since SAT is the most important test in a student life. We need to practice a lot and I’ve got the chance to practice SAT from Silverturtle’s Guide SAT program. It is really helpful.</p>
<p>To whoever cares:
I went up from a 660 to a 780 in CR between the June and November test dates with 0 prep except reading from DH Vol. 2 a bit the day before the test. Quite honestly I’m not sure anymore whether my 660 was due to bad luck or the 780 to good luck (though I doubt both heavily), or because in fact my plan to study for June (during May did like 5 CR practice tests) and let my studying kick in (by kick in I mean really settle in my mind) over a long break between the two dates worked (this works a lot for me usually), but there. It’s not impossible to go up such a large amount when you’re already up there on the scale. One (careless, I might add - I knew the answer) mistake less and I would’ve gotten that ever-elusive 800, too.</p>
<p>Posting this because I remember that somewhere in this thread someone told me it’s really difficult to get to an ~800 in that timespan. To those aiming for a similar score starting from a similar starting point, never be discouraged ;)</p>
<p>It’s probably also important to note that this won’t happen with everyone, though. I can’t even say with 100% confidence how I myself increased. CR seems easier now though, somehow.</p>
<p>Silverturtle,</p>
<p>I believe you were a teacher in your previous life.:)</p>