Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 24

Revise the following sentences, omitting needless words.
EXAMPLES
The ground beef patties that are manufactured at Wendy's are square in size.
1. Gio at this point in time does not know the answer owing to the fact that he was not in attendance at class last week.
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2. The oval in shape pendant that I chose holds a large in size and blue in color sapphire stone.
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3. You are informed that your line of credit has been increased due to the fact that you made payments by the deadlines.
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4. Professor Lee is of the opinion that students enrolled in his class should turn off their cellular phone devices before the beginning of a class session.
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5. Alberta has a personal preference for a writing instrument that is a pencil over a writing instrument that is a pen, which, in her honest and humble opinion, is preferable because her handwritten mistakes can be removed with a rubber eraser.
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