[Video] Q31: At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.when it was finished, johnson’s dictionary contained 42,773 words, which made it neither the longest nor the shortest dictionary of the eighteenth century.should the writer make this addition here?

Explanation for Question 31 From the Writing Section on the 2018 April Sat

Hey guys. So question 31 says at this point, 2 the writer is considering adding the following sentence when it was finished. 3 Johnson's dictionary contained 42,773 words, 4 which may neither the longest, nor the shortest dictionary of the 18th century. 5 He wants to include this over here. 6 After Johnson has finished saying he used a dictionary to promote words he'd liked 7 and, um, go against words, he disliked. 8 And in the next sentence, talking about how, 9 um, he, uh, 10 like the certain word in particular and how he disliked another word later on. 11 So it seems like there's a flow going on in this paragraph already. 12 And we need to think about the flow and the important points being made 13 in the sentences. When we figure out what's at this sentence, 14 just saying, oh, by the way, Johnson's dictionary, 15 when it was done, had this many words, which made it not both, 16 uh, not the longest or the shortest dictionary, 17 I don't know why they want to sell some stuff the longest to the 18 shortest, but it really seems to break up the flow. 19 When we're talking about Johnson, you're using it to promote or deny words. 20 So it's definitely, I'm not going to be a, 21 yes, we don't want to add in a sentence because it's going to break 22 up the flow and let's see which of these shows that and its reasoning. 23 These has no, because it merely repeats information about Johnson's dictionary that appears early 24 in the passage. This information doesn't repeat earlier in ...