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Zorluk: OrtaEliminating Redundancy

Early audio recordings from the late nineteenth century were captured on fragile wax cylinders, which are now deteriorating rapidly. To preserve these historical sounds, engineers use non-contact optical scanning to create digital 3D models of the grooves, which currently at this present time serve to reproduce the audio without touching the delicate wax.

Which choice is the best version of the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. which reproduceCevap
  3. C
    they reproduce
  4. D
    which, reproducing

Cevap

The correct option is 'which reproduce' because it provides a grammatically correct and concise phrasing that eliminates the redundant time expressions 'currently' and 'at this present time'.
The option containing 'which reproduce' is correct because it establishes a grammatically sound relative clause that clearly links the 3D models to their function of reproducing the audio. By removing the repetitive time markers 'currently' and 'at this present time,' it achieves the conciseness expected on the ACT exam.

Adım Adım Çözüm

1
Identify the redundant expressions in the underlined portion.
The words 'currently' and the phrase 'at this present time' both convey that the action is happening now. Combining them is redundant.
ACT English conventions require eliminating wordiness and repetitive meaning (synonym redundancy).
2
Evaluate the grammar of the non-redundant options.
The option containing 'they reproduce' creates a comma splice, and the option containing 'which, reproducing' creates a fragment. The option containing 'which reproduce' is grammatically correct and concise.
An option must be grammatically correct as well as concise to be the correct answer.

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Eliminating Redundancy
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