Explanation for Question 20 From the Writing Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 20 is asking us whether or not it makes sense to include the 2 following sentence. Um, the Austin incident is mentioned only briefly in James 3 Boswell's, 19 17 91 biography. 4 So here we're not really being presented with much new information. 5 Um, the fact that this is mentioned only briefly, 6 um, is, is not super substantial in terms of the meaning of 7 the paragraph. Um, perhaps if there was more detail about, 8 um, how the incident was, was discussed in this biography, 9 this sentence might be more worthy of inclusion. 10 Um, however, in this case, it doesn't really add much to the 11 content of the paragraph and it's introducing this other detail, 12 um, that sort of doesn't quite fit in it. 13 It makes it unclear where the rest of the paragraph is going. 14 So this is going to be a, 15 um, no addition. We don't want to add this. 16 Um, a, it says it offers additional context. 17 That's not really the case. This, um, 18 sentences is relatively devoid of meaning. 19 It doesn't really further the author's argument in any way, 20 besides says it introduces an appropriate supporting detail. 21 Again, there's not enough real content in this sentence for that to be true. 22 So he says it fails to establish Boswell's views on the legitimacy of Osteon. 23 That's very specific. Um, in this case, 24 you know, there's multiple sentences that could be inserted that would serve a purpose 25 just because it fails to establish Boswell's views on this matter. 26 It doesn't m...