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SAT Writing and Language Drill 5.5 Effective Language Use 5 Views
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Does your writing quality need some improvement? Get in some practice with this SAT Writing video on urban planning
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- 00:03
All right writing for shmoop year ago Next up planning
- 00:06
is a relatively steady career path that is consistent All
- 00:11
right let's go back to the paragraph here and see
- 00:13
where we get this thing because he's always changing planning
- 00:16
is a relatively steady career path that is consistent here's
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- 00:19
a good idea in writing it's a good idea to
- 00:22
avoid being redundant saying the same thing again and again
- 00:25
and again and again so try to avoid redundancy unfunny
- 00:28
nerd jokes aside here grammar nerds there such a thing
- 00:32
Sorry we really need to get out more According to
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this sentence urban planners can usually expect a regular income
- 00:38
steady and consistent Both convey that meaning correctly but using
- 00:42
both words is unnecessary Only one choice cuts down on
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the wordiness there well as his senses redundant so get
- 00:50
a and eliminating that and see or relatively does shortened
- 00:54
sense a bit But well it doesn't address the senses
- 00:57
repetitive nous so that's it The answer is b right
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there Planning is a relatively stable career path That's it
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