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ACT English Difficulty: Medium (30)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1247

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Before the advent of modern refrigeration, food preservation relied heavily on salting, smoking, and pickling techniques to prevent bacterial spoilage. Which choice is most concise and eliminates redundancy?
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Shortest is best on ACT redundancy questions if meaning and grammar are preserved.

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Choice A expresses the purpose directly and concisely in four words: 'to prevent bacterial spoilage'. Choices B, C, and D contain wordy circumlocutions and repetitive synonyms ('stopped and prevented', 'averting and preventing')....

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