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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise W2-5
Wordy sentences
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Click on the word or words in each sentence that can be omitted with no loss of meaning.
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Example
Question
66.1
Sorry. The phrase into the mall does not repeat any other ideas in the sentence.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The word quickly is unnecessary. The word dashed contains the idea that Marley moved quickly.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.2
Sorry. The phrase with green ink is necessary for the meaning of the sentence.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The phrase of the fact that does not add any meaning to the sentence.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.3
Sorry. The phrase In an emergency is necessary for the meaning of the sentence; it describes the specific circumstance when exiting through the back doors is allowed.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The word exit means “to go out of,” so out of is redundant.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.4
Sorry. The phrase nearly all adds meaning; the writer does not mean “all meat.”
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The phrase In my opinion does not add any meaning to the sentence.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.5
Sorry. The phrase at Memorial Rehab Center is essential to the meaning of the sentence; it describes where Toby and Mae volunteer.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The word elderly means “old,” so old is not necessary in this sentence.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.6
Sorry. Near our summer house specifies which pond, so it is essential to the meaning of the sentence.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The phrase in size is redundant with large, which is a description of size.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.7
Sorry. This phrase identifies the type of camping and does not repeat any other ideas in the sentence.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The phrase the purpose of does not add any meaning to the sentence.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.8
Sorry. The phrase northbound identifies the specific direction of the slower traffic.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The word slowly is redundant with crawled.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.9
Sorry. The phrase and other predators adds meaning to the sentence; the sentence is not about wolves only.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The word coexisted means “lived together,” so together is redundant and can be omitted.
For more help, see section W2.
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Question
66.10
Sorry. The phrase along Main Street adds meaning to the sentence by specifying exactly where the saplings will be planted.
For more help, see section W2.
Correct. The phrase means of a does not add to the meaning of the sentence and can be omitted
For more help, see section W2.
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