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Difficulty: MediumEliminating Wordiness

The following passage contains an underlined portion. Choose the alternative that is most concise, grammatically correct, and preserves the original meaning of the sentence.

In 1921, Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolated insulin at the University of Toronto. Because of the fact that insulin is a hormone that regulates glucose levels in the bloodstream of the human body, their discovery transformed diabetes from a fatal disease into a manageable condition.

Which of the following alternatives to the underlined portion is the most concise and grammatically correct?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. Because insulin regulates blood glucose levelsAnswer
  3. C
    Since insulin, which regulates blood glucose levels
  4. D
    Insulin regulates blood glucose levels

Answer

Because insulin regulates blood glucose levels
The correct option is the most concise way to express the cause-and-effect relationship. It eliminates redundant and wordy phrases like 'because of the fact that' and 'in the bloodstream of the human body' while maintaining perfect grammatical structure.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the relationship and meaning in the original sentence.
The sentence establishes a cause-and-effect relationship: because insulin regulates glucose, the discovery of insulin was major.
To ensure the correct option preserves the original meaning.
2
Evaluate the choices for conciseness and wordiness.
The phrase 'Because insulin regulates blood glucose levels' is much more concise than the original 'Because of the fact that insulin is a hormone that regulates glucose levels in the bloodstream of the human body'.
ACT English prioritizes the most concise correct phrasing that avoids redundancy.
3
Verify the grammatical correctness of the concise choice.
Plugging 'Because insulin regulates blood glucose levels' into the sentence creates a grammatically correct structure with a dependent introductory clause followed by an independent clause.
Eliminating wordy options must not introduce a new grammatical error.

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Eliminating Wordiness
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