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Difficulty: HardEliminating Wordiness

Modern conservationists use multi-spectral imaging to analyze ancient manuscripts, revealing text that has, over a long duration of time, become faded and worn down so that it cannot be seen.

Given the context of the sentence, which choice is the most concise and grammatically correct option for the underlined portion?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. invisible to the naked eyeAnswer
  3. C
    which was faded by time, being made invisible to the naked eye
  4. D
    that is faded, and invisible, to the naked eye

Answer

invisible to the naked eye
The choice 'invisible to the naked eye' is the most concise option that conveys the intended meaning of the sentence. It removes all redundant phrases and wordiness without introducing grammatical errors.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the wordy and redundant parts of the underlined segment.
The original phrasing contains redundant concepts, such as 'long duration of time' and 'faded and worn down so that it cannot be seen'.
ACT English rewards concise and direct phrasing that avoids repeating the same ideas.
2
Compare the remaining choices for grammatical correctness and conciseness.
The phrasing 'invisible to the naked eye' conveys the entire meaning in six words without any grammatical errors or unnecessary complexity.
The correct choice must preserve the sentence's meaning while being the shortest grammatically correct option.

Key Concept

Eliminating Wordiness
Estimated Time:1m 0s
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