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Repetition and Redundancy (Mod)

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:" 12px;=""><span new="style=font-size:" 10pt;="" font-family:="" arial;="">Directions:<span new="style=font-size:" 10pt;="" font-family:="" arial;=""> This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Whether Gandhi and Ambedkar in India or African socialists like Nyerere and Nkrumah, most of the nationalist leaders constructed national identities, not through the idea of individual citizenship but through that of national communities-caste, religious, ethnic groups.

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most nationalist leaders constructed national identities, not through the idea of individual citizenship
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“Most of the” makes it appear as if the reference is only to the leaders mentioned. This option removes the redundant 'of the'.

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