{"id":12255,"date":"2016-11-14T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grockit.com\/blog\/collegeprep\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:42:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T20:42:33","slug":"act-english-redundancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/act\/act-english-redundancy\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT English: Redundancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Redundant phrases are those that unnecessarily repeat information. Redundancies are so common in everyday speech that it\u2019s easy to overlook them. For example, examine the seemingly faultless sentence \u201cI have to use the ATM machine, but I forgot my PIN number.\u201d There are two errors of redundancy in this sentence: ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine and PIN stands for Personal Identification Number, so attaching the words \u201cmachine\u201d and \u201cnumber\u201d to their respective acronyms constitutes a redundancy.
\nDon\u2019t worry–the ACT English will not be that <\/em>sneaky, but you will have to become unusually vigilant to catch these errors. Redundancy is a specific error of \u201cwordiness,\u201d that is, the use of excessive or unnecessary words. Wordiness comes in the form of unnecessary words (words that can be deleted to aid the clarity of the sentence), redundancies (words that simply repeat what has already been stated), and clunky phrases that could be easily reduced to single words.
\nLet\u2019s check out a couple simple examples of redundancy that more closely resemble the errors you\u2019ll see on the ACT:
\nExample 1: At<\/strong> first<\/strong>, I initially<\/strong> was afraid of flying.
\nExample 2: My first class begins at 11 a.m.<\/strong> in the morning<\/strong>.
\nIn the first example, both \u201cat first\u201d and \u201cinitially\u201d signify the idea of \u201cat the beginning.\u201d We only need one of these expressions to communicate this idea. To fix the sentence, remove one of the expressions.
\nIn the second example, both \u201ca.m.\u201d and \u201cin the morning\u201d communicate the idea that the class begins before noon. To fix the sentence, remove one of these expressions.
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Redundancy Practice Question<\/h3>
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\nNow, let\u2019s look at an actual example question:<\/p>\n
    \n
  1. \u201cHowever, on the other hand<\/span>, this new generation will not migrate as caterpillars, thus repeating the cycle.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n
    1. NO CHANGE<\/li>\n
    2. However, in spite of it,<\/li>\n
    3. Yet it is the alternating case that<\/li>\n
    4. However,<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If you happen to read the underlined phrase too quickly, you may not notice the error. A cursory reader may conflate the expressions \u201chowever\u201d and \u201con the other hand\u201d into one general expression of contrast. A careful reader, though, should notice that \u201chowever\u201d and \u201con the other hand\u201d mean the exact same thing in this context, so placing them next to each other at the beginning of a sentence results in a pretty flagrant redundancy.
      \nWhat are our options? B happens to commit the same error: \u201chowever\u201d and \u201cin spite of,\u201d though not interchangeable, communicate the same sense of opposition. C gives us a nice example of both redundancy and wordiness. Both \u201cyet\u201d and \u201calternating case\u201d communicate opposition, and even worse, \u201cit is the alternating case that\u201d is a wordy phrase that can be easily condensed into a simple word like \u201chowever.\u201d D is our best answer: as long as one of the expressions is omitted, the redundancy is fixed.
      \nFor practice, try spotting the redundancies we use in everyday speech. Once you begin to notice those, you\u2019ll have no trouble identifying the redundancies on the test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Redundant phrases are those that unnecessarily repeat information. Redundancies are so common in everyday speech that it\u2019s easy to overlook them. For example, examine the seemingly faultless sentence \u201cI have to use the ATM machine, but I forgot my PIN number.\u201d There are two errors of redundancy in this sentence: ATM stands for Automated Teller […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58],"tags":[59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36153,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12255\/revisions\/36153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpapp.kaptest.com\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}