Editing to reduce modifying phrases and clauses
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Word groups functioning as modifiers can often be made more compact. Look for any opportunities to reduce clauses to phrases or phrases to single words.
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See if you can spot the modifiers in the following sentences that can be deleted with little loss of meaning. Revise the sentences in the boxes below.
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