Member posted August 31, 2006 07:46
I received this from a new reader. What can our collective minds suggest?
I would like to subscribe to your site for word of the day and any material that you might be able to provide me to help build my language skills in order to write SAT exam.
Member I suggest your new subscriber has a long way to go before becoming an examiner and setting examinations.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Member It seems to me that maybe English is his or her second language.
Member To whom it may concern .... write take, write.
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We believe that you meant to use the word take, instead of write.
How about
sit ?
Member Yes, but I think we all understand his question, despite its awkward expression. What suggestions can we offer him as answers?
Member We don't have SATs in England, so I think this is one for the Americans.
Member I think it is my Russian students who talk about writing their exams. Maybe it's something in their langauage.
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What suggestions can we offer him as answers?
Get the books and take as many practice tests as you can.
