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Difficulty: MediumEliminating Redundancy

Peat bogs play a critical role in regulating the Earth's climate by storing vast amounts of carbon; these damp, wet peatlands contain more carbon than all of the world's forests combined.

Which choice most effectively eliminates the redundancy in the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    these damp, wet peatlands contain
  2. B
    these peatlands containing
  3. these peatlands containAnswer
  4. D
    these peatlands contain, they store

Answer

these peatlands contain
The correct option is the most concise choice that successfully removes the redundant synonyms 'damp' and 'wet' without introducing grammatical errors. It preserves the independent clause structure required after the semicolon.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify any redundant or repetitive words in the underlined phrase.
The words 'damp' and 'wet' are synonyms that describe the same characteristic of the peatlands, making one of them redundant.
ACT English questions reward conciseness and clarity, so unnecessary repetition must be removed.
2
Evaluate the remaining options to ensure they are grammatically correct and do not introduce errors.
Removing 'damp, wet' leaves 'these peatlands contain', which is a grammatically complete clause following the semicolon. Other options introduce fragments or comma splices.
An option that fixes redundancy but introduces a grammatical error cannot be the correct answer.

Key Concept

Eliminating Redundancy
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