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SAT Writing and Language Drill 3.8 Effective Language Use 11 Views
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Can 'is directly to' be simplified? Watch this SAT Writing video to find out!
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All right shmoop pers eight of eleven Not too many
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left here in this section Alright is directly related Teo
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is the phrase we're trying to figure out how to
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optimize your so let's Find it right there in the
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never less paragraph never trickled into the tempter Where's michael
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do something cool to lower minimum damages in the amount
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of power generated is directly related to the cooling process
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More our community for local system leading to higher reading
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for the plane Okay Well what do you think here
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Oh red Pretty good to me All right Well the
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most direct way to say directly related teo is how
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do you say that directly related to we don't need
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to add any extra words Some fancy to be or
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not to bees or complex structures Since the original is
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already perfectly concise Watch out for verb forms on this
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one as well since the subject amount of power is
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singular Since the passage is set in the present the
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verb form must also be singular and present as it
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is you know that's one of the curveballs They eva
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leigh liked to throw out your head on these tests
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All right and then just going through the rest just
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to be thorough here the amount of power may sometimes
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be expressed in a number like five volts or one
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point two gigawatts But here it's just a general amount
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a singular noun that doesn't agree with plural verbs such
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as are and have to give it to those having
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a direct relationship in terms of their you go d
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cooling temperature may sound sophisticated but it doesn't explain to
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what exactly the amount of power generated is related So
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that's it Don't change a thing Don't mess with perfection
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Don't mess with hamlet I'm just saying it's an awesome 00:01:32.332 --> [endTime] story of a little pig
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