Search this site:

SAT: Questions

College & Grad School


Word of the Day
invariable
Definition: (adjective) not changing or subject to change.
Petersons.com
Add Word of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:
Add to My Yahoo! View RSS Feed
About My Yahoo! and RSS »

Math Teaser
Problem
A group of 9 friends invest equally in a business opportunity that costs $20,000. If n more friends were to take part evenly in the investment...
Petersons.com

SAT* Tip of the Day
So What?
Math questions involving two equations and two unknowns can usually be combined into one equation with one unknown.
Petersons.com
Add SAT* Tip of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:
Add to My Yahoo! View RSS Feed
About My Yahoo! and RSS »

  

SAT: Sentence Improvement Question #7

Skip to Question: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  | Next Question

Question: Customers who intend buying inexpensive neckties will not find hardly any bargains on the last day of the sale.



Choices:
A. who intend buying inexpensive neckties will not find hardly any bargains
B. who intend buying inexpensive neckties will not find hard bargains
C. who intend on buying inexpensive neckties will not find hardly any bargains
D. who intend to buy inexpensive neckties will find few bargains
E. who intend buying inexpensive neckties will find few bargains



The original contains two errors. An infinitive must follow the verb intend. Not hardly any is unacceptable usage; acceptable options are either hardly any or few. (B) fails to correct the intend error and changes the meaning by using hard as an adjective that modifies bargains rather than any . (C) fails to correct not hardly. (E) fails to correct the intend error.
 
*Test names and other trademarks are the property of the respective trademark holders.
Copyright © 2007 Peterson's, a Nelnet company. Used under license. All rights reserved.
-