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clarity in phrasing

act style questions will test whether you can identify the clearest option for a particular phrase. in general, putting the subject before the verb, putting related modifiers next to each other, and eliminating wordiness results in the clearest phrasing.

example: less clear: in 1983, the lisa computer, the first personal computer, being one with a graphical user interface, was released by apple in the same year i was born. more clear: in 1983, the same year i was born, apple released its lisa computer, the first personal computer with a graphical user interface.

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