GREAT EXPLORATIONS In Editing Series Volume 1
Lesson 3
1. Wordiness - Make your sentences clear and
concise. Avoid unnecessary words and repeating words.
Ex: At this point and time, all weekend volleyball games on Saturday and Sunday
will be *canceled and rescheduled for the weekdays.
Revised: All Saturday and Sunday games will be rescheduled for the weekdays.
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Special Exploration:
As you edit the passage, rewrite the sentence deleting any unnecessary words.
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He found 2 his usual seat in the corner
3 by the windows.
Rules:
2. found his - A reflexive pronoun, such as himself,
reflects on the subject and acts as a direct object, indirect object,
the object of a preposition, or a predicate nominative. In this sentence,
himself is unnecessary because his usual seat is the
object.
3. corner by - Do not use certain prepositions together, such as: off of, in on, down over
* canceled - may also be spelled cancelled