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Difficulty: MediumEliminating Redundancy

The bioluminescent lanternfish uses its glowing organ to attract prey in the midnight zone of the ocean. This unique adaptation currently helps the fish at this moment in time to navigate the pitch-black waters.

Which of the following choices is the most effective and concise revision of the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    This unique adaptation currently helps the fish at this moment in time
  2. This adaptation helps the fishAnswer
  3. C
    This adaptation helps the fish, it assists them
  4. D
    An adaptation that currently helps the fish

Answer

This adaptation helps the fish
The correct option is the most concise and grammatically correct choice. It successfully eliminates the redundant references to time ('currently' and 'at this moment in time') without altering the meaning of the passage.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the redundancy in the original underlined phrase.
The words 'currently' and the phrase 'at this moment in time' both indicate the present, creating unnecessary repetition.
ACT English rewards conciseness and clarity; removing redundant words is a primary goal on these questions.
2
Evaluate the remaining choices for conciseness and grammatical correctness.
The choice containing 'This adaptation helps the fish' removes all redundant words while maintaining a complete, grammatically correct sentence. The other options either retain the redundancy, create a comma splice, or result in a sentence fragment.
The correct answer must be free of grammatical errors and be the most concise option available.

Key Concept

Eliminating Redundancy
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Eliminating Redundancy

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