Question

The following question has been taken from a past ACT English section. Choose the answer

Inspired by the dots and dashes of Morse code, however, Woodland the Silver created a system of lines that could encode data.
a.No change
b. in other words,
c.consequently,
d. DELETE the underlined portion

Answer 1

The correct answer is d. DELETE the underlined portion.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer to this question is option d. DELETE the underlined portion.

When we look at the sentence, it is clear that the underlined portion 'Inspired by the dots and dashes of Morse code, however, Woodland the Silver created a system of lines that could encode data' does not fit logically with the rest of the sentence. It is a fragment that does not provide any meaningful information and can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence.