Redundancy, 1

Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. The personnel director said
2. she would postpone her decision
3. about hiring a replacement
4. until later.
5. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. The plane plunged
2. a total distance of 10,000 feet
3. before the pilot regained control
4. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. Some students consider
2. such restrictions totally unnecessary
3. and an insult to their maturity.
4. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. At 7 a.m. yesterday morning,
2. residents learned
3. that the president had arrived.
4. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. The discussion became heated
2. after the mayor asked the council
3. for a consensus of opinion
4. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. The surprise of the unexpected disruption
2. to the electrical power network
3. prevented the assembled meeting from continuing on.
4. All lines are wordy!
5. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. The football player said
2. he wouldn't turn pro
3. at the present time
4. but might consider the option next year.
5. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. The governor's memo
2. urged legislators to address
3. the need for money for school funding
4. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. After working 16-hour shifts
2. to restore power,
3. the men appeared very tired.
4. No line is wordy.
Select the portion of the following sentence that should be edited to remove wordiness. If the sentence is OK, choose the last option, "No line is wordy."
1. The student wrote an angry note
2. complaining about
3. the tardiness of her scheduled remuneration.
4. No line is wordy.