Tham khảo tài liệu 'practist gmat 3', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | ----------------------------- ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE --------------------------------------- Here s another kind of unclear pronoun reference I heard they were going to repave our street. This is an example of a common pronoun error using a vague they when there are specific people behind the action. You may not know exactly who those people are but you know enough to say something like the following I heard the township is going to repave our street. There are always people behind their actions and your sentences should say so. Redundancy and Wordiness Some ACT English Test questions may ask you to identify or eliminate redundancy or unnecessary wordiness within sentences. Redundancy is the unnecessary repetition of ideas. Wordiness is the use of several words when a few can express the same idea more clearly and concisely. On the sentence level in general less is more. The fewer words you use to get your point across the better. Unnecessary words often waste time and cloud meaning. Sentences that don t have any words to waste are clear and have impact. Wordiness and redundancy typically result from three different causes The use of unnecessary words or phrases. Redundant Turn left at the green colored house. Correct Turn left at the green house. Unnecessary repetition of nouns or pronouns. Redundant Riva she couldn t believe her ears. Correct Riva couldn t believe her ears. The use of wordy phrases instead of adverbs. Wordy She spoke in a very convincing manner. Concise She spoke very convincingly. Wordy He had a car that was old and rusty. Concise He had an old rusty car. 104 ------------------------------ ACT ENGLISH TEST PRACTICE -------------------- Practice 19 Rewrite the following sentences to correct any ambiguity wordiness or redundancy. 1. I returned back to my room after the meeting was over. 2. I heard they are going to put a movie theater on campus. 3. Please repeat again what you said. 4. While barbecuing our steaks a hungry dog came into our .
