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Difficulty: EasyEliminating Wordiness

The museum curator carefully restored the ancient vase. She worked in a manner that was slow and cautious to avoid damaging the fragile clay.

Which choice is the most concise and grammatically correct replacement for the underlined portion?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. She worked slowly and cautiouslyAnswer
  3. C
    Because she worked slowly and cautiously
  4. D
    She worked slowly and cautiously, she did this

Answer

She worked slowly and cautiously
The option stating 'She worked slowly and cautiously' is correct because it replaces the wordy prepositional phrase with direct adverbs, making the sentence concise and grammatically correct.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the wordiness in the underlined segment.
The phrase 'in a manner that was slow and cautious' contains unnecessary words to describe how the curator worked.
ACT English questions prioritize clear and concise writing.
2
Evaluate the choices to find the one that is both concise and grammatically correct.
The option using simple adverbs is correct, while the others either retain the wordiness, create a fragment, or result in a comma splice.
The correct answer must be the most concise option that is free of grammatical errors.

Key Concept

Eliminating Wordiness
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