Passing SAT 5

[Dimandja]

For non-US readers, SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is used to assess the College readiness of High School graduates. I think I got that right. I should also add that this test is being contested by minority groups as biased (but that's another story).

Here is a sample. Spot grammatical errors (or lack thereof) from the underlined:

It is likely that the opening of the convention center, previously set for July 1, would be postponed because of the bricklayers' stride.

 

[CajunCenturion]

[COLOR=white white]I think you have one single verb tense error:  'would be' should be the future tense 'will be'.[/color]

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[SF0751]

"... because of the bricklayers' stride."

Were the bricklayers walking too slowly?

Susan
"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." - Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894)

 

[SQLSister]

Lots of things I would change about the sentence to make the meaning more clear. First I would fix the typo of stride to strike which is what was clearly intended.

It is likely that the convention center opening, set for July 1, will be postponed due to the bricklayers' strike.


"Because of" is correct but "due to" is just as correct and shorter. (Although some grammarians seem to have a problem with due to.)

"Previously" is not needed at all and is confusing. If that was the previous date, what is the current opening date?

"Set for July 1" is modifying "convention center" in the original example when it should be modifying "opening". Plus my reword is shorter.



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[Dimandja]

>First I would fix the typo of stride to strike which is what was clearly intended.

You're right, SQLSister! strike is correct -- the typo is mine.

 

[Dimandja]

Susan is alo correct in spotting a problem with the sentence.

 

[edfair]

And how many points do you get for the correct answer to go with the 400 you get for putting your name on the test sheet?

And you didn't mention that the students get a practice test the year before to figure out what they need to work on.

 

[ESquared]

I took the SAT three times. My score went up 70 points the second time, and another 70 points the third time. I wonder if it would have gone up again on a fourth taking.

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[ZoomerZ]

ESquared, so you actually got 1670?

 

[AnotherHiggins]

ZoomerZ,

E[sup]2[/sup] never said that he started at 1530? 1600 is the maximum possible score.

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[SQLSister]

I would have thought that meant that ESquared got a 1740 (70 added twice to 1600).



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[ESquared]

No, I only got a lowly 1450 on my third try. 1310, 1380, 1450.

Someone in my class in high school (graduated 1990) got a 1590 or a 1600. I was jealous.

Is it a faux pas to say my score?

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• Every joy is beyond all others. The fruit we are eating is always the best fruit of all.
• It is waking that understands sleep and not sleep that understands waking. There is an ignorance of evil that comes from being young: there is a darker ignorance that comes from doing it, as men by sleeping lose the k

 

[Thadeus]

My son was asked in 7th grade to take the SAT with the rest of the high school students. It was pointed out to us that his Math scores on some previous standardized testing had caught the attention of a college's "youth talent search".

We went over to the testing center and I was amazed at the number of 7th graders present. They alone filled 3 class rooms. My son scored a combined Math/Verbal score of 720. I know that's not amazing for a high school senior, but I was impressed as he has not even had a single Algebra class.

I was also impressed, because I know that I went to college with students in the 900 - 1000 range.

Now common sense... when they figure out a standardized way to measure that the world may become a better place.

~Thadeus

 

[Dimandja]

<Subtitle/>: This is only for laughs!

>edfair: "And how many points do you get for the correct answer to go with the 400 you get for putting your name on the test sheet?"

If an infinite number of chimps can type their own "Hamlet", how many does it take to score perfectly on SAT?

 

[CajunCenturion]

That may be calculable.

If I remember, but it's been a long time since I took the SAT and it may have changed, the test is multiple choice, therefore you have a known number of right answers and wrong answers for each question, whcih reduces your previous question to one of probabilities.

Which leads me to the next question.
With respect the SAT, what is the "correct" answer to your original question?

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[Dimandja]

>With respect the SAT, what is the "correct" answer to your original question?

I don't think it's possible to give a serious answer to this kind of questions -- although I'll welcome it. I thought someone might have a humorous one.

 

[edfair]

I got the "college board" cause I'm so old. But I remember the grading was 1 point for questions answered right and 2 points deducted for questions answered wrong. So, simpleton that I am, I made sure that I only answered the questions I knew, or could figure out. And I avoided the ones that I had no chance on. Took 4 passes through to do it the way I wanted.
Had the pleasure of sitting in the principal's office an entire morning explaining how I could possibly be a C & D student once the scores came back. Never could explain it to his satisfaction.
Had the same reaction with the qualifying test with IBM. Big Jim (of Jeff Foxworthy fame) scratched his head a couple of times over the scoring of that test. Especially after he told me he didn't think I could qualify.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> I don't think it's possible to give a serious answer to this kind of questions

Interesting. From where did you get the question, and how did you choose what to underline?

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[Dimandja]

>Interesting. From where did you get the question, and how did you choose what to underline?

I am sorry, I confused the questions. I was referring to the "monkeys" taking an SAT.

As to the original question, the answer was not provided where I got it from. But, I think most of us will agree that your answer is correct: "'would be' should be the future tense 'will be'".

 

[Dimandja]

I also agree with SQLSister's analysis of that sentence.