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ACT Aspire English: Putting Sentences in a Logical Order
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Which of the following would be the most logical order of sentences in Paragraph 4?

ACT Aspire English: Where Should the Author Add a New Sentence?
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Suppose the author wants to add the following sentence to the passage: Artists still record music and people still buy music, but not in traditiona...

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nevertheless being raised


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Okay Another one coming at you A tts spyros nevertheless

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being raised Alright we're eight of twelve year nevertheless being

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raised little telegraphed floor Let's give down here many be

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ableto running around passing fancy my muse fries on psychology

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believe two centimeter interment by genetic studies done with twins

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separated at birth and raised in separate homes have shown

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that nevertheless being raised separately There were strong similarities between

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the twins in many personality traits a long sentence All

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right well let's think about this The author is trying

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to describe studies that have shown that identical twins even

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when raised separately show many similarities and personality right Well

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never the last would indicate it's an exception to the

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rule or a contradiction But that's not what the author

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is going for here however incorrectly sounds more like in

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whichever way they were raised which is not we mean

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either So get rid of b and then even though

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is a transition with similar meaning to nevertheless So get

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rid of c The right answer here is d only

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despite sets up the proper relationship between the facts presented

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So it's the best choice and it should read you

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know studies done with twin separated brother raisins Every homes

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have shown that despite being raised separately there were strong

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similar things with many personality That's it got all that

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we're done And we're done those from each twin Yeah

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