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You said no one on this site could do it/have done it at that age. That was your absolute.
Anyways, as I said only the top 30% of semifinalists get the scholarship according to the letters I got explaining the process, so the state really shouldn’t matter in the end. From what I’ve seen they don’t really care about your psat score unless you receive the NMS award. There are a few schools that will offer you a full ride if you’re a semifinalist because they’re desperate for smart people.
I don’t think anyone else on this site in that age range could do, no point. :p
That’s not an absolute yo.
An absolute would be:
I know for a fact that there’s no one in that age range (14-16) on this site that can achieve that score.
Notice how I purposefully used the word “think” and “could.” I originally wrote it as an absolute, but changed it afterwards.
David said: I don’t think anyone else on this site in that age range could do, no point. :pThat’s not an absolute yo.
An absolute would be:
I know for a fact that there’s no one in that age range (14-16) on this site that can achieve that score.
Notice how I purposefully used the word “think” and “could.” I originally wrote it as an absolute, but changed it afterwards.
That’s not the absolute. “Anyone” is the absolute as it covers every possible scenario. Showing uncertainty doesn’t change the fact that you’re using an absolute. “I think I’ll never find someone to love” is still an absolute even with the word “think” in there. I was just pointing out that what your final thought on the matter wasn’t a wise one because of the use of the word “anyone.”
If you show uncertainty towards a word that implies absoluteness, the absolute doesn’t take precedence over your uncertainty.
So what would be not an absolute? Like, I really don’t think that there’s a person on this site within that age range that can score 220+?
It won’t change anything.
By anyone, I meant any one. As in, any one person.
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Besides, it’s the truth. -____-;
David said: If you show uncertainty towards a word that implies absoluteness, the absolute doesn’t take precedence over your uncertainty.So what would be not an absolute? Like, I really don’t think that there’s a person on this site within that age range that can score 220+?
It won’t change anything.
By anyone, I meant any one. As in, any one person.
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Besides, it’s the truth. -____-;
Like, “The great majority of people on this site within that age range can’t score 220+.” Anyone is defined as an absolute, period. Something being absolute has nothing to do with certainty. It’s absolute in the sense that it remains constant for all scenarios (in this case, every single person at that age). The first time you wrote it you said something like (paraphrasing) “anyone at this site could get a 220+ at that age” which made me think you were saying none of us could have gotten that score at that age. Since I did do that, I was trying to imply that your absolute was wrong.
David said: I don’t think anyone else on this site in that age range could do, no point. :pI take offense to that statement.
tarheel91 said:David said: If you show uncertainty towards a word that implies absoluteness, the absolute doesn’t take precedence over your uncertainty.So what would be not an absolute? Like, I really don’t think that there’s a person on this site within that age range that can score 220+?
It won’t change anything.
By anyone, I meant any one. As in, any one person.
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Besides, it’s the truth. -____-;
Like, “The great majority of people on this site within that age range can’t score 220+.” Anyone is defined as an absolute, period. Something being absolute has nothing to do with certainty. It’s absolute in the sense that it remains constant for all scenarios (in this case, every single person at that age). The first time you wrote it you said something like (paraphrasing) “anyone at this site could get a 220+ at that age” which made me think you were saying none of us could have gotten that score at that age. Since I did do that, I was trying to imply that your absolute was wrong.
No, I knew that people could. I did that, you did that, Naz did that, AznRiceFan did that, people did that at that point in time, but I’m saying right now. The thread is for right now.
But currently, there isn’t anyone that could. I’m fairly sure of it. 220 is a hard score to achieve, maybe only 5% of the entire population gets that.
Anyway, Ganzicus, unless you can show otherwise, 220 means 70, 75, 75. I guess a 80 math would be okay, so 70, 70. That’s pretty hard, considering there’s only 5 sections.
David said: Anyway, Ganzicus, unless you can show otherwise, 220 means 70, 75, 75. I guess a 80 math would be okay, so 70, 70. That’s pretty hard, considering there’s only 5 sections.You’re asking me to disprove the scoring system…? What?
Anyway, assuming nobody else currently here in that age range can’t do that well on a test is totally cool, doesn’t ignore the possibility of people having intelligence or the ability to study or anything like that.David said: maybe only 5% of the entire population gets that.And we totally have less than 20 people in that age range, obviously making it statistically impossible for any of those people to score 220+.
Oi, I score 80 on the math every time.
This time I’m pretty sure I did ok on the reading adn writing too….most likely getting something around 210 though.
210 has been my magic number for the last 2 years now ;-;David said:tarheel91 said:David said: If you show uncertainty towards a word that implies absoluteness, the absolute doesn’t take precedence over your uncertainty.So what would be not an absolute? Like, I really don’t think that there’s a person on this site within that age range that can score 220+?
It won’t change anything.
By anyone, I meant any one. As in, any one person.
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Besides, it’s the truth. -____-;
Like, “The great majority of people on this site within that age range can’t score 220+.” Anyone is defined as an absolute, period. Something being absolute has nothing to do with certainty. It’s absolute in the sense that it remains constant for all scenarios (in this case, every single person at that age). The first time you wrote it you said something like (paraphrasing) “anyone at this site could get a 220+ at that age” which made me think you were saying none of us could have gotten that score at that age. Since I did do that, I was trying to imply that your absolute was wrong.
No, I knew that people could. I did that, you did that, Naz did that, AznRiceFan did that, people did that at that point in time, but I’m saying right now. The thread is for right now.
But currently, there isn’t anyone that could. I’m fairly sure of it. 220 is a hard score to achieve, maybe only 5% of the entire population gets that.
Anyway, Ganzicus, unless you can show otherwise, 220 means 70, 75, 75. I guess a 80 math would be okay, so 70, 70. That’s pretty hard, considering there’s only 5 sections.
Right, I was saying that the first time I read it I misunderstood you because of the wording.
Wow, why the hell is everyone so nit picky? It was just one comment, no need to spazz on and on about it. Geeze.
If you take offense, whatever. That wasn’t my point, I said it somewhat like a joke, and now it’s turned into this whole pile of srs bsns.
-_- and don’t say I’m the only one taking it that way, that’s just reaffirming what I just said.
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