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Zorluk: ZorEliminating Redundancy

Although the chemist had analyzed the liquid compound in the beaker multiple times, she resolved to test the substance once again in order to re-examine the chemical solution a second time.

Which of the following choices best replaces the underlined portion to make the sentence clear and concise?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. B
    once again, she wanted to re-examine it
  3. once moreCevap
  4. D
    once again; which would allow her to re-examine it

Cevap

The correct option is 'once more' because it makes the sentence concise and removes the repetitive phrases without introducing any grammatical errors.
The correct option, which replaces the underlined text with 'once more', successfully removes the unnecessary repetition of 'once again', 're-examine', and 'a second time' while keeping the sentence grammatically sound.

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1
Identify the redundant elements in the underlined portion.
The phrase contains 'once again', 're-examine', 'chemical solution' (which is synonym redundancy for the already mentioned 'substance'), and 'a second time'. These all repeat the idea of testing the compound again.
Redundancy makes a sentence wordy and violates the ACT English standards of conciseness.
2
Evaluate the options for conciseness and grammatical correctness.
The option containing 'once more' removes all the repetitive elements ('once again', 're-examine', 'a second time') and leaves a grammatically clean independent clause. The other options either maintain the redundancy or introduce grammatical errors like a comma splice or a fragment.
To be correct on the ACT, an option must be both grammatically correct and free of unnecessary repetition.

Anahtar Kavram

Eliminating redundancy and avoiding grammatical errors such as comma splices and dependent clause fragments.
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Konular

Eliminating Redundancy

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