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 #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:53 am Why does new essays have werid and stupid topics? |
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 You should ask ETS this very good question. |
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Jun 24, 2006 20:00 pm Why does new essays have werid and stupid topics? |
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| Farcus wrote: |
| I have read quite a few of the promps for the new sat essay. I am taking it again in like 2 weeks. What irritates the hell out of me is that why are these topics so random and hard to write about? |
They are random because students shouldn't be able to predict them ahead of time and prepare a phony essay. They want to test your impromtu English writing ability, not your ability to transcribe something you have memorized.
If the topics are hard for you to write about, then maybe your English isn't good. Your post was written in poor English that makes it look as if you talk a lot but seldom read or write outside of chatrooms. |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:03 am Why does new essays have werid and stupid topics? |
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| Farcus wrote: |
| I have read quite a few of the promps for the new sat essay. I am taking it again in like 2 weeks. What irritates the hell out of me is that why are these topics so random and hard to write about? |
I have edited some mistakes from your post; please have a look below
I have read through some posts on the new SAT essay. I am taking it again in approximately 2 weeks time. Why are the topics so random and tough to write? I am very irritated by the topics.
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:20 pm Why does new essays have werid and stupid topics? |
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NS, I agree that the original post was very badly written, but a few of the "mistakes" you corrected are not wrong.
For example, in two weeks is not wrong. It's definitely possible to say in two weeks time (although correctly punctuated it would be in two weeks' time). However, "in two weeks' time" sounds redundant and archaic.
Why are these topics so random and hard to write about? (without "the hell") is a well-formed sentence. Hard does not need to be replaced with tough here. They're just synonyms in this context, and one is not more correct than the other. Removing the word about, as you did, is wrong, I would argue. The students are not writing a topic, but writing about a topic, so the word about needs to be in that sentence.
You have also broken up that sentence, which has resulted in redundant use of the word topics.
Your version is a definite improvement over the original, but as I say, some of your corrections did not involve mistakes. |
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