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An excerpt from an OA in GMATPrep:NaimaB wrote:Is the use of 'and also' redundant always?
Hi Ashish,EducationAisle wrote:Indeed, as Mitch rightly pointed out, and also cannot be considered redundant. Another officially correct sentence:
The organic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign - using websites, public meetings , and also mass mailings - that has convinced the Department of agriculture to change the proposed federal regulations for organically grown food
X and also Y.vivekvijayan wrote:Hi Ashish,EducationAisle wrote:Indeed, as Mitch rightly pointed out, and also cannot be considered redundant. Another officially correct sentence:
The organic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign - using websites, public meetings , and also mass mailings - that has convinced the Department of agriculture to change the proposed federal regulations for organically grown food
In the example you mentioned, why can't and also be considered redundant. Isn't "also" unnecessary. Can't the meaning be conveyed with just an "and"?
Hi GMATGuruNY ,An excerpt from an OA in GMATPrep:
Selma became the first woman and also the first Swedish writer to win the Nobel Prize.
Given this OA, I would not cite the presence of and also as a reason to eliminate an answer choice.
