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Here's your shmoop du jour... Time to pause the video and review the passage with love

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What is the BEST way to revise sentence 6?

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And here are the potential answers:

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Okay, so this question feels that sentence 6 is in need of some TLC.

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What's the best way to... deliver the lovin'? A... "Remove all the commas?"

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Probably not the best idea in the world. This sentence finishes with an independent clause,

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and that comma is what gives it its... independence.

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Better leave 'em there. B... "Replace the comma after "critics"

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with a semicolon?"

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We've got a "but" after the comma...

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...which means the latter part of this sentence can't stand entirely on its own. Hence no

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semi-colon. C... "Replace the second instance of "presidents"

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with the word "leaders?"

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Well yeah, possibly... because otherwise we're using the word "presidents" twice in one sentence.

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What about D... "Leave as is."

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It's a close call... but getting rid of the repetition is probably worth the change.

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The answer is C.

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As in, "Chain of fools."

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