[Video] Q35: No change or previously or at one point previously or foremrly in the past

Explanation for Question 35 From the Writing Section on the 2019 May Sat

Question 35 is another case where we're going to try to cut out any 2 redundancy, eliminate any repeated words. 3 Um, so looking at our answer choices and the sentence, 4 the sentence now reads, this has allowed curators to bring costumes to life in 5 ways that were previously and formerly impossible. 6 And here we see that previously and formerly actually have a really similar meaning. 7 So we don't need to include both words. That's redundant and unnecessarily wordy. 8 So we can eliminate choice a choice. 9 B is simply previously that gets the point across very effectively. 10 So it's our right answer. Um, Tracy, 11 at one point previously, again, 12 that phrase at one point isn't really needed here and D formerly in the 13 past is just a word of your way of saying previously. 14 So B as our best answer, it's the most succinct. 15 And that is usually the way to go. When you are trying to rewrite 16 these sentences on the sat.