Redundancy

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

• None of the above

Which word or phrase should be deleted?

The rally attendance was estimated at about one thousand.

• attendance

• was

• estimated

• about

• None of the above

Choose the sentence without any redundancies.

• The honest truth is that I really do not like shrimp very much.

• The truth is that I do not like shrimp very much.

The word "redundant" means...

• to many

• repetitive

• wrong

• ridiculous

Define Redundancy...

• the state of being not or no longer needed or useful

• a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject

• using or expressed in too many words

• is a single word or a group of words that does not qualify as a complete grammatical sentence

Which word or phrase should be deleted? Timmy said the UFO he spotted was oblong in shape.

• spotted

• oblong

• in shape

• he

• None of the above.

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

• None of the above.

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

• None of the above.

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

• None of the above.

Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct. Some sentences contain no error at all.

• When Lonnie stepped

• definitely, without a doubt

• most confident

• our

• No error