Well, yes, but it would be helpful to see how that test regards certain
usages so that we can (1) prepare our students to do well and (2) rail
against bad questions or those that assume rules when there are none (or
when they are arbitrary). I would assume that the test creators believe
themselves to be reflecting standard written American English usage, but
maybe they are not . . . and need to be told!

Nancy L. Tuten, PhD
Professor of English
Director of the Writing-across-the-Curriculum Program
Columbia College
Columbia, South Carolina
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-----Original Message-----
From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:48 PM
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Subject: SAT on the Grammar

At 11:04 AM 9/25/2007, Nancy Tuten wrote: . . .
>So are you saying, Alison, that the SAT and other standardized tests 
>would find such usage preferable? . . .

DD: The SAT is not an arbiter of grammar. It is a test to predict how 
the takers will do in college, I think.

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