Using Concise Language

For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence.

For help with this exercise, see section 17d of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.

  1. Question

    In 1893, Thomas Edison set up the original first movie studio.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - In 1893, Thomas Edison set up the original first movie studio.

  2. Question

    The first films were silent due to the fact that the technology for movies with sound did not exist.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - The first films were silent due to the fact that the technology for movies with sound did not exist.

  3. Question

    Early silent movies looked jumpy and jerky.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - Early silent movies looked jumpy and jerky.

  4. Question

    The first silent films were also short in length, but studios later made full-length silents.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - The first silent films were also short in length, but studios later made full-length silents.

  5. Question

    At the present time, film scholars acknowledge that some silents were masterpieces.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - At the present time, film scholars acknowledge that some silents were masterpieces.

  6. Question

    When the possibility of making movies with sound became possible, the silents were doomed.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - When the possibility of making movies with sound became possible, the silents were doomed.

  7. Question

    There was an Al Jolson film in 1927 called The Jazz Singer that was the first “talkie.”

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - There was an Al Jolson film in 1927 called The Jazz Singer that was the first “talkie.”

  8. Question

    Despite the fact that silent movies were still popular, film studios decided that talking pictures and silent pictures could not both please moviegoers.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - Despite the fact that silent movies were still popular, film studios decided that talking pictures and silent pictures could not both please moviegoers.

  9. Question

    Some studios released silent movies that played too fast at the wrong speed to prevent audiences from enjoying them.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - Some studios released silent movies that played too fast at the wrong speed to prevent audiences from enjoying them.

  10. Question

    The global popularity around the world of silent films on television and at film festivals proves that the best silents can still attract audiences.

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    Using Concise Language: For the following sentences, choose the option that best eliminates wordy expressions and unnecessary repetition and that substitutes more concise expressions where necessary, while still retaining the meaning of the original sentence. - The global popularity around the world of silent films on television and at film festivals proves that the best silents can still attract audiences.