Eliminating Redundancy

Which word or phrase should be deleted?
The little people in her diorama are made out of clay

• little

• are made

• out

• of

What word or phrase should be deleted?
“George, you had better make advance reservations at that hotel before we get on the plane!”

• you had

• advance

• before

• had better

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

• attends

• free

• gift

• grand

What word or phrase should be deleted?
Becky was late getting home because of a terrible tragedy at work.

• tragedy

• terrible

• at work

• getting

What word or phrase should be deleted?
According to our mayor, the root cause of west-side crime is poverty.

• root

• cause

• west-side

• to our

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

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.