[Video] Q35: No change or speaking in a more pragmatic way, or speaking in a way more pragmatically, or in a more pragmatic-speaking way,

Explanation for Question 35 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 1

So we look at question 35 and we can notice that all of the 2 answer choices are saying the same thing they're talking about being pragmatic, 3 but they say it in a different way. So as we read the sentence 4 in our answer choices, we're going to want to make sure we pick the 5 answer choice. That is the least repetitive. 6 So reading our sentence, it says, but more programmatically, 7 the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material. 8 And so here we just say more pragmatically. 9 Okay. And now let's look at B speaking in a more pragmatic 10 way. So this whole speaking in a more pragmatic way, 11 the speaking in it is extra, right? If we say more pragmatically, 12 we already know that we're speaking in a more pragmatic way. 13 So because this is extra info, we don't want it. 14 Right. It's adding too many words and it's making something a little bit too 15 complex here. 16 Now. See, so speaking in a way more pragmatically. 17 So now we've said more pragmatically we've also, 18 we still have the speaking in a way. And so this is putting in 19 extra words when you could just say more pragmatically, 20 right? When you add extra words that don't need to be there, 21 the sentence starts making less and less sense. 22 So C is no good. Now D says in a more pragmatic speaking 23 way, this one probably feels a little off, 24 right? Um, maybe the beginning sounds like should be at the end of this 25 phrase, but same things as B, C and D. 26 We've added more words than we need. 27 Right? You want to say as few words as possible to get your information 28 across. So with that a is going to be our most straightforward answer. 29 Okay.