[Video] Q8: No change or still, or in this case, or in fact,

Explanation for Question 8 From the Writing Section on the 2017 April Sat

Question number eight, asks us to identify a good word or transition phrase, 2 um, to effectively move from 3 the previous sentence to this sentence. So the previous sentence, 4 um, here electronic health record systems can actually reduce errors. 5 Um, and then our sentence that we are looking at begins with that transition 6 and then says, I bring them in women's hospital in Boston, 7 Massachusetts, serious medical errors decreased by 55% after an electronic record 8 system was implemented. So we're trying to gauge the relationship between these two sentences 9 to figure out what word to use here in order to transition between them. 10 So what we say in the first sentence is this overall trend of how 11 electronic health record systems can reduce errors. 12 Um, and then in our following sentence, 13 we see how serious medical errors decreased after an electronic record 14 system was implemented. So what we see is this second sentence is kind of 15 an example of what the first was talking about. 16 So the best transition phrase to use here is in fact, 17 um, here's our overarching trend. 18 In fact, here's a specific example of how it held true. 19 Um, likewise would imply that we were kind of, 20 uh, creating a new thought that was in the same vein as the original, 21 but kind of an alternative topic. 22 Um, choice B still would imply there was some kind of contrast between the 23 two sentences C in this case would imply that they were both talking 24 about the same situation. Um, 25 whereas in reality, we're talking about a general trend and then a specific example. 26 So D is our best answer for number eight.