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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | The fatal accident was a terrible tragedy. |
| | B) | The fatal accident, in which a person died, was a tragedy. |
| | C) | The fatal accident was a tragedy. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | The tools he bought are essential. |
| | B) | The tools he bought are essential to complete the job. |
| | C) | The tools he bought are absolutely essential. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | The money is spent. |
| | B) | All of the money is completely spent. |
| | C) | The money is completely spent in its entirety. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | We heard the doorbell. |
| | B) | We heard the doorbell ringing. |
| | C) | We heard the sound of the doorbell. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | The large crow flew in the air over the mountain. |
| | B) | The large crow flew over the mountain. |
| | C) | The enormous, large crow flew over the mountain. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | The desk was covered with papers and half-eaten sandwiches. |
| | B) | The desk was covered with junk. The junk included papers and half-eaten sandwiches. |
| | C) | The desk was covered with junk. On the desk were papers and half-eaten sandwiches. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | He arrived just in time to catch the departing train. |
| | B) | He promptly arrived just in time to catch the departing train. |
| | C) | He arrived just in time to catch the departing train as it left the station. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | She worked as an employee in a lingerie store. |
| | B) | She worked in a lingerie store that sold underwear. |
| | C) | She worked in a lingerie store. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | Every day, she got up daily before sunrise. |
| | B) | She got up before sunrise very early in the morning. |
| | C) | She got up before sunrise every day. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | Experience tells me I should not shop for groceries at this particular store. |
| | B) | Experience tells me I should not shop at this grocery store. |
| | C) | Past experience tells me I should not shop for groceries at this store. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | He made a rough estimate of the final cost. |
| | B) | He made an estimate of the approximate final cost. |
| | C) | He estimated the final cost. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | Iago is the evil villain in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. |
| | B) | Iago is the villain in Shakespeare's play Othello, a tragedy. |
| | C) | Iago is the villain in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | In Hamlet's honest opinion, something was rotten in Denmark. |
| | B) | In Hamlet's opinion, something was rotten in Denmark. |
| | C) | Hamlet thought that something was rotten in Denmark, in his opinion. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | He is a committed worker but a slow plodder. |
| | B) | He is a dedicated, committed worker but a plodder. |
| | C) | He is a dedicated worker but a plodder. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | She accused him of being a messy slob as she dripped jelly on her clean shirt. |
| | B) | She accused him of being a slob as she dripped jelly on her clean shirt. |
| | C) | As she dripped jelly on her immaculately clean shirt, she accused him of being a slob. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | Please refer back to the chart on page 33. |
| | B) | Please refer to the chart on page 33. |
| | C) | Please refer to the chart back on page 33. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | After winning the Super7 lottery jackpot, they moved into a mansion. |
| | B) | After winning the Super7 lottery jackpot, they moved into a large mansion. |
| | C) | After winning a lot of money in the Super7 lottery jackpot, they moved into a mansion. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | Only wealthy millionaires can afford an automobile like a Rolls-Royce. |
| | B) | Only millionaires can afford a Rolls-Royce. |
| | C) | Only millionaires can afford a Rolls-Royce automobile. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | Your education will prove to be an asset in the future. |
| | B) | Your education will prove to be a valuable asset. |
| | C) | Your education will prove to be an asset. |
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Click on the clearest, most concise sentence. |
| | A) | Frederick II of southern Italy is one of the best-known early Italian rulers. |
| | B) | Frederick II is one of the best-known early Italian rulers. |
| | C) | Frederick II is one of the best-known rulers of all the early Italian rulers. |
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