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ACT English Difficulty: Foundational (28)

Digital ACT English Practice Question #1355

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Choose the best option for the underlined portion: Because the architectural blueprints failed to account for structural shear stresses caused by high seismic activity.
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If an entire sentence is underlined and starts with 'Because', 'Since', or 'Although' with no second clause, simply remove the subordinating conjunction.

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The original fragment begins with the subordinating conjunction 'Because', leaving the clause dependent with no independent main clause. Deleting 'Because' turns 'The architectural blueprints failed to account for...' into a complete, gramm...

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