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More Russian, Asian Language Study Urged

Help this news writer by eliminating his clichés, slang and redundancies and by tightening up his wordiness. First, identify his problem, then rewrite the sentence.
(a) cliché (b) slang (c) redundancy (d) wordy

1
Scholars say few U.S. students are studying languages that more than a billion people speak at this point in time.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
2
Most students who take foreign language courses engage in the study of Spanish, French and German.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
3
Few in number study languages spoken by 20 percent of the world's population--Chinese, Japanese and Russian.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
4
Only 4 in 100 students study these languages, which are absolutely necessary now.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
5
In this day and age, students should be studying languages most people speak, said Prof. Bertram Wolfe of St. John's University.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
6
The speakers at a conference on foreign language study agreed that most students think such study will have them up at the crack of dawn studying until the wee hours of the night.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
7
The studious student is seen as a nerd, the speakers contended.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
8
Anyway, students say, slowly but surely in this day and age English has become the international language.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
9
English, authorities agree, has replaced French, which in years gone by, was the international language.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy
10
French has bombed since World War II.
A)cliché
B)slang
C)redundancy
D)wordy





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