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Difficulty: HardEliminating Redundancy

Although the treaty was signed in secret, the details were soon leaked to the press. This public disclosure, which made the confidential information known to the general populace, sparked widespread protests across the nation.

Which choice most effectively replaces the underlined portion of the sentence to eliminate unnecessary redundancy while maintaining grammatical correctness?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. This disclosure,Answer
  3. C
    Because the disclosure made the information public,
  4. D
    This disclosure made the information public, it

Answer

This disclosure,
The option stating 'This disclosure,' is correct because it is concise and grammatically sound. The noun 'disclosure' contains the inherent meaning of making information public, which renders the additional descriptors 'public' and 'known to the general populace' redundant.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the redundant elements in the original underlined phrase.
The word 'disclosure' already means the act of making information known. Therefore, describing it as 'public' and adding 'which made the confidential information known to the general populace' repeating the exact same concept of making something known to the public is redundant.
ACT English requires eliminating wordiness and repetitive phrasing.
2
Evaluate the choices for conciseness and clarity.
The phrase 'This disclosure,' communicates the necessary transition and subject clearly in two words without repeating any synonyms.
The most concise grammatically correct option that preserves the original meaning is the correct choice.
3
Verify the grammatical correctness of the remaining options.
The option beginning with 'Because' creates a dependent clause fragment. The option ending in 'it' creates a comma splice by joining two independent clauses with only a comma.
Eliminating grammatically incorrect distractors ensures the final choice functions properly in the sentence structure.

Key Concept

Eliminating Redundancy
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