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Does your writing quality need some improvement? Get in some practice with this SAT Writing video on urban planning


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All right writing for shmoop year ago Next up planning

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is a relatively steady career path that is consistent All

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right let's go back to the paragraph here and see

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where we get this thing because he's always changing planning

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is a relatively steady career path that is consistent here's

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a good idea in writing it's a good idea to

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avoid being redundant saying the same thing again and again

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and again and again so try to avoid redundancy unfunny

00:28

nerd jokes aside here grammar nerds there such a thing

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Sorry we really need to get out more According to

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this sentence urban planners can usually expect a regular income

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steady and consistent Both convey that meaning correctly but using

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both words is unnecessary Only one choice cuts down on

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the wordiness there well as his senses redundant so get

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a and eliminating that and see or relatively does shortened

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sense a bit But well it doesn't address the senses

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repetitive nous so that's it The answer is b right

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there Planning is a relatively stable career path That's it

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