<p>Poets during the Romantic Period felt (more freely) to (express) emotions (in their writing) (than did) poets of the Victorian period. </p>
<p>(more freely) is incorrect. Apparently it is suppose to be “more free”. But I though it was modifying the verb “felt”!?!</p>
<p>No. 'more freely" should be modifying “express”. It’s actually comparing the ease of expressing emotions by poets of different periods.
And it’s not “more free”.</p>
<p>Right sentence:</p>
<p>Poets during the Romantic Period felt to express emotions more freely in their writing than did poets of the Victorian Period.</p>
<p>I don’t get it. Shouldn’t it be " in their writings" instead of " in their writing"?</p>
<p>I may be wrong guys, but I think “more freely” is the wrong one. It should either be as I said in my previous post or it should be “freer”, not “more free”.</p>
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<p>This isn’t even a grammatically correct sentence.</p>
<p>Look at the what the author of the sentence is trying to say:</p>
<p>Poets felt.</p>
<p>How did the poets feel?</p>
<p>Poets felt free.</p>
<p>What did the poets feel free to do?</p>
<p>Poets felt free to express.</p>
<p>What did the poets feel free to express?</p>
<p>Poets felt free to express emotions.</p>
<p>Which poets felt free to express emotions?</p>
<p>Poets during the Romantic Period felt free to express emotions.</p>
<p>How did the poets of the Romantic Period differ from other poets?</p>
<p>Poets during the Romantic Period felt more free to express emotions than did other poets.</p>
<p>Poets during the Romantic Period felt more free to express emotions than did which other poets?</p>
<p>Poets during the Romantic Period felt more free to express emotions than did poets of the Victorian Period.</p>
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<p>You over-complicate the question when you try to analyze things in terms of grammatical structure, when everything is in plain English in front of you.</p>
<p>What is the author of the sentence trying to say, and is he saying it correctly? If not, where is he making an error? </p>
<p>I don’t understand the need people have to put everything in terms of antecedents and this-is-modifying-that. It should flow.</p>
<p>A. (more freely) is the error, as the poets did not feel freely, they felt free. If you had trouble with this question, do you understand the difference between the following?</p>
<p>“Feel free to make yourself at home.”</p>
<p>“Feel freely to make yourself at home.”</p>
<p>When you say that one “feels freely,” you are saying that one feels more liberally, that one is not constrained to feeling one thing, that one is just feeling all over the place.</p>
<p>When you say that one “feels free,” you are saying that one feels as if he is liberated in choice, that one is not constrained to doing one thing, that one can do as he chooses.</p>
<p>When written out like this, the process might seem far more complicated than it is. In reality, you should be able to look at a sentence, understand what is being said, and identify errors in conveying this idea, all in one fell swoop.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Wow.</p>
<p>Lol. That was deep.</p>
<p>And sometimes you can’t go with the flow feelings because they may include slang that are grammatically incorrect. But I appreciate the help! Thank you</p>
<p>If this is the case, you may have the hurdle of training yourself out of thinking in terms of slang when taking the test. At the very least, after you have the idea in your head, translate it into a grammatically correct sentence, but it is easier to do this straight from the given sentence.</p>
<p>Remember that errors on the SAT are generally not long phrases, they are 1-3 words together that don’t work grammatically, and the actual error is usually only the modified form of the word that is actually correct. As you generate the idea in your head, try to keep it as close to the original sentence as possible, making only that small change that allows for the sentence to be grammatically correct. Then, identify where you made the change, and move on to the next question.</p>
<p>See: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/1192772-writing-help-2.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-act-tests-test-preparation/1192772-writing-help-2.html</a></p>
<p>especially the post by 2200andbeyondXD (quote below)</p>
<p>Simple though it may sound the key to the question is the “meaning” of the verb feel as used in the sentence, and whether we require an adverb (“freely”) or an adjective (“free”). “free” modifies “poets” – i.e. “Poets felt free.” where “free” means not under the control of another.</p>
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<p>I actually read that! And I couldn’t get it, so I had to repost the question</p>
<p>;p</p>
<p>Please answer my question. Why is " in their writing" correct? Shouldn’t it be " in their writings" instead?</p>
<p>“in their writing” is correct because the referent of writing is not the actual pages or works that they wrote, but the collective activity of writing.</p>
<p>Hahahahah… people are quoting me… almost felt like Shakespeare for a sec… :P</p>
<p>Listen @kimmylouie, </p>
<p>Some verbs come sometimes as linking verbs… as in, you can replace them with verb to be like “I feel happy”= I AM happy.
“This song sounds nice”= This song is nice"</p>
<p>In the sentence… the poets didn’t hold anything to “feel” it like when you feel fabric for instance. Instead, you can replace “felt” with “were”.</p>
<p>“Poets during the Romantic Period were more free to express emotions in their writing than did poets of the Victorian period.” and it still makes sense right?! </p>
<p>So we all know that a linking verb “links” a subject to whatever modifies it… whether Predicate or predicate nominative… here “free” is a predicate adjective modifying “poets”… The poets weren’t “freely”; They were “free” to write whatever they wanted…</p>
<p>Got it?!</p>
<p>Feel free to ask me whatever you want ( you see you can also say "you ARE free to ask whatever you want… Because “free” here modifies “you”, it cannot be replaced with an adverb (freely) … ) :P</p>
<p>It all depends on your understanding of the linking/action verb concept… after a linking verb, you NEVER put an adverb…</p>
<p>:D 
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<p>No question, in the sentence under consideration, felt is a linking verb. And there’s no question that this sentence calls for a predicate adjective (free) rather than an adverb (freely).</p>
<p>But you can’t quite say you never put an adverb after a linking verb. It would have been correct, for example, to say that the Romantic poets felt remarkably free to express emotion in their writing. Free is still a predicate adjective, but remarkably is an adverb modifying free.</p>
<p>You can’t put an adverb after a linking verb to describe that linking verb. That’s what I clearly meant…</p>
<p>2200, of course it’s what you meant. I didn’t intend to suggest otherwise; I am sorry if it seemed I did.</p>
<p>But when one is explaining grammar, one is often explaining to folks who are looking for rules they can always apply, without fail, because their grammatical intuition isn’t so great. And “never put an adverb after a linking verb” isn’t such a rule. That’s why I quibbled.</p>
<p>Hey how do you know if the verb is a linking verb and when its a verb verb… </p>
<p>And i’m so sorry for sounding like a newb :(</p>
<p>Mostly, It is when you can replace it with a “verb to be” (is, are, was… bla bla bla…) like:</p>
<p>The boy sounds happy.
can you say “the boy is happy”? Would it still make sense? Yes! So “sound” here s a linking verb.</p>
<p>The teacher sounded the bell because the session was over. </p>
<p>Can you say “The teacher was the bell because the session was over.”? would it still make sense?
NO! So, nope… “sound” here is an action verb (both are “verb verb”'s lol… just different types of “verb verb’s”) …</p>
<p>Hey… t’sup with being a newb huh?! weren’t we all at some point!!! Aren’t we all newb’s at sth!!! :D</p>
<p>@sikorsky, I get ur point yeah… no prob mate…</p>