Introduction Grammar

Highlights

Missing main verb

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The book that I lent you having a

good bibliography

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Arizona having a very dry climate

Can you propose the correct sentences ?

Compare and analyze !

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Supply us with the necessary

inputs of relevant equipment and
we shall implement the program
and accomplish its objects.

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Give us the tools and we will finish

the job.

Uninformative words and redundancy

The wound was of a serious nature.

The solution was red in color.

The wound was serious.

The solution was red.

exercises

Rewrite each phrase to eliminate unnecessary and redundant words

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past history
mix together
human volunteers
original source
advance planning
globular in shape
more preferable than
seem to appear
for a period of several minutes
The role of cobra toxin is still a matter for speculation.
The work will be completed in the not-too-distant future.
The reaction rate was examined and found to vary
considerably.
The results would seem to indicate the possibility that
impurities might be present.
As a result of these experiments it became quite evident
that overheating of the samples had occurred.
As far as my own experiments are concerned, they show ...
It has been found that ...
It is interesting to note that ...
Needless to say, ...

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history
mix
volunteers
source
planning
globular
preferable (to)
seem
for several minutes
speculative
soon (before long)
varied
suggest (were)
These experiments showed that the samples had evidently been
overheated.
My own experiments show ...
(delete phrase)
(delete phrase)
(delete entire passage)

Rewrite the following sentences into concise and

effective English.
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Computations were conducted on the data.

It may seem reasonable to suggest that the
necrotic effect may possibly be due to toxins.
In studies pertaining to identification of phenolic
derivatives, drying of the paper gives less
satisfactory visualization.
A method, which was found to be expedient and
not very difficult to accomplish and which
possessed a high degree of accuracy on its results,
was devised whereby . . .

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The data were calculated.

Necrosis may be caused by toxins.
or Toxins may cause necrosis.
Phenolic derivatives are easier to
see if the paper is left wet.
An easy, accurate way to ...