ACT Preparation / Unit 4 ACT 0303 short lesson, about 20 seconds
One Word for a Filler Phrase
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The idea
Many stock phrases can be replaced by one word with the same meaning: in the event that becomes if, and for the purpose of becomes to.
In practice
"We left early in order to avoid the traffic" becomes "We left early to avoid the traffic."
Where people slip
Read the sentence with the single word; if nothing is lost, the phrase was filler.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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