Redundancy

Which of the following sentences contains no wordiness or redundancies?

• I went to the movies to go see a film.

• My aunt's cracked tooth is hurting her and causing pain.

• My vegetable garden contains several types of squash.

• Cobras kill prey by injecting their venom, which is fatal.

How can we fix this redundancy? "Adding additional information..."

• Remove the word "additional"

• Remove the word "information"

• It's correct! What are you talking about?

• Remove the word "adding"

Which is NOT a redundancy?

• I've just had a major breakthrough!

• The despair still remains.

• I have a stomach ache.

• What an unexpected surprise!

Which of the following is NOT a redundancy?

• It's a new beginning

• Please welcome the guests

• Here's a free gift on us.

• Can we postpone until later?

Why is "3 am in the morning" a redundancy?

• If it's AM, it must be in the afternoon.

• If it's AM, it must be at night.

• If it's AM, it must be in the evening.

• If it's AM, it must be in the morning.

Which word should be deleted?
It is a true fact that the U.S. has more divorces per capital than any country in the world.

• fact
• true
• more
• country

Which word or phrase should be deleted?Because of their past memories of Fido, the children cried when he was euthanized.

• cried
• euthanized
• memories
• past

Which word or phrase should be deleted?Mother has to descend down the basement stairs to do the family laundry.

• descend
• down
• to do
• has too

Which word or phrase should be deleted?
 In my personal opinion, the lines at the Post Office have grown too long.

• personal
• opinion
• my
• too long

Which word or phrase should be deleted?
Everyone who attends the grand opening celebration will receive a free gift

• attends
• free
• gift
• grand