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Zorluk: OrtaEliminating Redundancy

Although the curator hoped to display the rare Renaissance painting, the museum's security system was currently at this present moment inadequate.

Which of the following choices best represents the most concise and grammatically correct option for the underlined portion?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. inadequate.Cevap
  3. C
    inadequate, they had to upgrade it.
  4. D
    inadequate. Because it lacked modern sensors.

Cevap

The option that replaces the underlined text with 'inadequate.' is correct because it removes the redundant temporal words while maintaining a grammatically correct sentence structure.
The option that simply ends with 'inadequate.' is correct. It eliminates the redundant temporal phrases ('currently' and 'at this present moment') and correctly completes the independent clause with a single, clear predicate adjective.

Adım Adım Çözüm

1
Analyze the underlined portion for redundant phrasing.
The words 'currently' and 'at this present moment' repeat the same meaning, which violates the ACT rule of conciseness.
Redundant synonyms should be eliminated to make the sentence direct and concise.
2
Evaluate the remaining choices for grammatical correctness.
The option adding 'they had to upgrade it' creates a comma splice, and the option starting a new sentence with 'Because' creates a fragment. The single word 'inadequate.' is grammatically correct and concise.
The correct choice must not introduce new grammatical errors while fixing the redundancy.

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Eliminating Redundancy
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Eliminating Redundancy

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