[Video] Q28: No change or compared with or than that of or as opposed to

Explanation for Question 28 From the Writing Section on the 2020 October Sat

So we're thinking about number 28. We can see that what's happening is we're 2 making a comparison, right? Cause we have a van with an, 3 a, the Amy's are making a comparison and all the rest 4 of our answer choices show a comparison. 5 So we just need to figure out which way is it best to say 6 the comparison is happening. Now, 7 if we read the sentence as is, it says, 8 the researchers found that the observable signup strategy was three times more effective 9 than the anonymous one. And so this makes sense, 10 right? And in reality, we can place all of these answer choices in there, 11 and it will make sense as opposed to then that'll be anonymous one compared 12 with the anonymous one. And so this is actually a question of how do 13 you say what you're trying to say in the most concise non-repetitive manner? 14 Right. And so saying just then is one word is extremely 15 concise. It gets the point across. Whereas all of these, 16 you're adding some extra words that you don't actually need. 17 And so a is the most concise way to answer question 28 because it's 18 just one word. It says what needs to be said. 19 And so our best answer choice is going to be a.