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Difficulty: MediumEliminating Redundancy

Pioneering ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore recorded thousands of Native American songs on wax cylinders in the early twentieth century. Currently at this present time, these fragile audio recordings are preserved in digital archives, allowing researchers to study rare musical traditions without damaging the original artifacts.

Which of the following choices best replaces the underlined portion in the sentence to eliminate redundancy while maintaining proper grammatical structure?

  1. A
    Currently at this present time, these fragile audio recordings are preserved
  2. These fragile audio recordings are currently preservedAnswer
  3. C
    Because these fragile audio recordings are currently preserved
  4. D
    Currently, these fragile audio recordings are preserved, they are housed

Answer

These fragile audio recordings are currently preserved
The option stating 'These fragile audio recordings are currently preserved' expresses the present status of the recordings clearly and concisely. It removes the repetitive phrase 'at this present time' while maintaining a complete, grammatically sound independent clause.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the redundancy in the underlined segment.
The original text uses both 'Currently' and 'at this present time' to express the same time frame.
Effective English writing avoids stating the same temporal concept twice in a single clause.
2
Evaluate the choices for conciseness and grammatical correctness.
Removing 'at this present time' creates a direct and concise statement without altering the intended meaning or introducing structural errors like fragments or comma splices.
The correct option preserves the complete main clause structure while eliminating unnecessary words.

Key Concept

Eliminating Redundancy
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Eliminating Redundancy

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