EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences
EXERCISE W2–6Wordy sentences
Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.
By the seventh century, the Greeks’ medical writings might have vanished entirely.
Question
By the seventh century, the Greeks’ medical writings might have vanished. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: By the seventh century, the Greeks’ medical writings might have vanished entirely.
Luckily, Islamic scholars decided that these writings were worth the trouble of preserving.
Question
Luckily, Islamic scholars decided that these writings were worth preserving. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: Luckily, Islamic scholars decided that these writings were worth the trouble of preserving.
Ninth-century caliphs of Baghdad actually took it upon themselves to establish a translation center where Greek scientific manuscripts were translated into Arabic.
Question
Ninth-century caliphs of Baghdad established a center where Greek scientific manuscripts were translated into Arabic. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: Ninth-century caliphs of Baghdad actually took it upon themselves to establish a translation center where Greek scientific manuscripts were translated into Arabic.
Just simply keeping these manuscripts in use and ascertaining that copies were available would have been a remarkable achievement for the medieval Islamic world.
Question
Simply keeping these manuscripts in use and making copies available would have been a remarkable achievement for the medieval Islamic world. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: Just simply keeping these manuscripts in use and ascertaining that copies were available would have been a remarkable achievement for the medieval Islamic world.
But Arab scholars were not content just to study and contemplate information that had already been discovered.
Question
But Arab scholars were not content just to study information that had already been discovered. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: But Arab scholars were not content just to study and contemplate information that had already been discovered.
Arab thinkers of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries made many original contributions to the field of medical science.
Question
Arab thinkers of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries made many original contributions to medical science. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: Arab thinkers of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries made many original contributions to the field of medical science.
Al-Razi, a man known to Westerners as Rhazes, succeeded in treating patients suffering from such diseases as scabies, measles, and kidney infections.
Question
Al-Razi, known to Westerners as Rhazes, successfully treated patients suffering from such diseases as scabies, measles, and kidney infections. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: Al-Razi, a man known to Westerners as Rhazes, succeeded in treating patients suffering from such diseases as scabies, measles, and kidney infections.
Ibn Sina, who was a physician whose name is known in the West as Avicenna, was perhaps the greatest of all the medieval Arab physicians.
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Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, was perhaps the greatest medieval Arab physician. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: Ibn Sina, who was a physician whose name is known in the West as Avicenna, was perhaps the greatest of all the medieval Arab physicians.
His book Canon of Medicine was a publication that was still being consulted by doctors in the nineteenth century.
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His book Canon of Medicine was still being consulted by doctors in the nineteenth century. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: His book Canon of Medicine was a publication that was still being consulted by doctors in the nineteenth century.
Modern patients today have many reasons to feel that they owe a debt of gratitude to these medieval Islamic scholars.
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Patients today have many reasons to be grateful to these medieval Islamic scholars. For more help, see section W2.
EXERCISE W2–6 Wordy sentences - Edit each sentence to eliminate wordiness. When you have finished, click on Submit both to check and to record your answer. Before working the exercise, read the example, which is the first sentence in the paragraph from which the sentences are taken. Answers may vary.: Modern patients today have many reasons to feel that they owe a debt of gratitude to these medieval Islamic scholars.