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Difficulty: MediumEliminating Wordiness

A portion of the passage below is underlined.

In 1903, during a frosty streetcar ride in New York City, Mary Anderson observed the driver repeatedly opening the front window to clear away falling sleet. Inspired by this struggle, she designed a hand-operated wooden blade that could sweep moisture from the glass, [which was a task that was performed by a driver from inside the vehicle].

Which choice best eliminates wordiness while maintaining grammatical correctness?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. from inside the vehicle.Answer
  3. C
    which, being operated by the driver from inside the vehicle,
  4. D
    from inside, the vehicle,

Answer

from inside the vehicle.
The correct option is the most concise and direct choice. It successfully removes the passive, wordy phrasing of the original text and expresses the same location details in a simple prepositional phrase without any grammatical errors.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the underlined portion for wordiness and passive constructions.
The original segment 'which was a task that was performed by a driver from inside the vehicle' is wordy and uses passive verbs.
Identifying wordiness helps narrow down the most concise and direct option.
2
Evaluate the choices for conciseness and grammatical correctness.
The choice stating 'from inside the vehicle.' conveys the exact same meaning as the original text using five words instead of fourteen, while remaining grammatically correct.
ACT English style favors the most concise option that preserves the sentence's intended meaning without introducing grammatical errors.

Key Concept

Eliminating Wordiness
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