[Video] Q18: A) no change or b) sum total equaling or c) total that equaled or d) sum, or total, of

Explanation for Question 18 From the Writing Section on the 2021 May Sat (International)

Hey guys. So question 18 is redundancy question, 2 and that means that we need to cut out any language that repeats itself 3 when we're answering this question. So this says under his supervision, 4 the Hubble space telescope focused on a small patch of sky for, 5 for a blank, a hundred hours and captured hundreds of images. 6 So the option here, it says total of, and then it will, 7 all we're dealing with here is questions, um, regarding the use of total. 8 And we need to do is just not repeat ourselves. So when you first 9 read this one, it says total of you might think, well, that sounds right. 10 And that's because it is right. All it's saying is that there's a total 11 of this many hours. Option V says there's some total equaling blank. 12 This ad is unnecessary language. You don't have to say sum total. 13 A sum is a total and a total is a sum. 14 Um, we also don't need to say a total that equaled, 15 we can just say a total of this because a total implies 16 that it's going to equal. Like there's a total of a thousand. 17 We know what is saying a total that equal a thousand, 18 because the total, if you say there's a total of something that implies it 19 equals it, um, and option, 20 these has some or total and literally says, 21 or total, like it's just adding an extra word. 22 That means the exact same for no reason. 23 So that's going to be wrong and option a is going to be correct.