IXL | Remove redundant words or phrases | 10th grade language arts

Select the word or phrase that is redundant and can be removed without changing the meaning of the text.

According to medical historian Alun Withey, Victorian-era doctors encouraged men to grow beards on their faces as protection against illness.

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Select the word or phrase that is redundant and can be removed without changing the meaning of the text.

To show its commitment to fighting elephant poaching, the government of Hong Kong has agreed to incinerate and burn its stockpile of confiscated ivory.

key idea

Redundant words and phrases needlessly repeat information that is given elsewhere in the sentence. Unnecessary repetition creates wordy, unpolished sentences. Removing redundant words or phrases can improve your writing.

The monuments that we visited in Washington, D.C., were huge and giant.

Huge and giant imply the same thing. And giant is redundant and should be removed from the sentence.

Last month Julie and Alex collaborated together on a project for the marketing team.

The word collaborated already implies together, so the word together is redundant and should be removed from the sentence.

solution

Burn and incinerate are redundant. And burn can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence, so it should be taken out.

To show its commitment to fighting elephant poaching, the government of Hong Kong has agreed to incinerate ~~and burn~~ its stockpile of confiscated ivory.

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