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Description:
Which sentence should be removed from paragraph three because it provides extraneous information?
Transcript
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All right see Writing shmoop er's Here we go It's
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Just dive into the question on this one We've already
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skimmed the who's this out of these paragraphs Alright Which
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sentence should be removed from paragraph three Because it provides
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extraneous information All right Wanna sentence ectomy here let's Go
Full Transcript
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back to paragraph three Real quick hearing just in the
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puppy One two three There were no managing stress management
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with first place environmental factors So common triggers in their
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personal best person We're gonna job being funny Women morals
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understand women coming Negative effects Okay well let's think about
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this Extraneous information is sort of like swimming out in
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the deep end when everyone else playing nicely in the
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kiddie pool before all playing marco polo in the random
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showoff starts doing flips off The diving board of talent
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tends to be really irritating Yeah bob we're looking at
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you the sentence that irritates us even more than someone
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cannon balling our game is a little example of the
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guy at odds with his job Because it's taking funding
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away from kids we don't have anything against his morals
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We advise him to quit right away But we do
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Have an issue with inserting this tidbit of information where
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it really isn't necessary just doesn't conform with the tone
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the information being conveyed from the rest of the work
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So that's it it's sea since ten and the others
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just don't make sense He'll go through real quick We'll
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sentence seven a right there provides the topic sentence for
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paragraph three so it's definitely needed sentence Nine is unnecessary
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details sports topics in So we gotta have that thing
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in their way and the route incense eleven while the
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right there is the important clincher for the paragraph and
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can't come out because the transitions in paragraph four without
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splashing everyone else Now did everyone make sure you wait
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a half hour after eating before going in the pool
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that an old wives tale Or is that like a 00:01:46.304 --> [endTime] thing man
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