1. 3
2. 3
3. 4
- Anything but 5
- 3
- Any number greater than 1 (but not 1!)
- 0 or 4
- 4
- 5
- Anything but 6
Now, it’s very possible that you got at least one of those questions wrong. What happened? It’s not that the
questions are hard. In fact, the questions are about as easy as can be. So why did you get some of them
wrong? You were probably moving too quickly to notice that the signs changed a few times.
This is a lot like the Writing and Language Test. You might miss some of the easiest points on the whole
test by not reading carefully enough.
As we will see throughout this chapter, most of the questions will test concepts with which we are
already familiar.
WORDS AND PUNCTUATION IN REVERSE
Many of the concepts we saw in the chapters on punctuation and words show up explicitly with questions,
but usually there’s some kind of twist.
Here’s an example.
Most people are familiar with the idea of a gender pay 1 gap. What most people don’t
realize is just how persistent that pay gap has been.1.Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion would NOT be acceptable?
A) gap; what
B) gap: what
C) gap, however,