I. "Too many words" is a common fault of bad writing. Improve each of the following sentences by eliminating redundant terms and useless phrases from the sentence. There is certainly more than one way to repair a wordy sentence.
1. He found his neighbor who lived next door to be attractive in appearance.
2. Somebody has said that words are a lot like inflated money - the more of them that you use, the less each one of them is worth.
3. The reason why we failed to reply is that we were not apprised of the fact until yesterday that somehow the report had been unavoidably delayed.
1. He found his neighbor who lived next door to be attractive in appearance.
2. Somebody has said that words are a lot like inflated money - the more of them that you use, the less each one of them is worth.
3. The reason why we failed to reply is that we were not apprised of the fact until yesterday that somehow the report had been unavoidably delayed.
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1. He found his neighbor to be attractive.
2. Words are a lot like inflated money - the more of them that you use, the less each one of them is worth.
3. The reason we failed to reply is that somehow we are not apprised the report had been delayed.
Can I hold you in the street?
Why can't I kiss you on the dancefloor?
I wish that we could be like that
Why can't we it be like that?
Cause I'm yours, I'm yours
Why can't you hold me in the street?
Why can't I kiss you on the dancefloor?
I wish that it could be like that
Why can't it be like that?
Cause I'm yours
Why can't I say that I'm in love?
I wanna shout it from the rooftops
I wish that it could be like that
Why can't we be like that?
Cause I'm yours
Why can't we be like that?
Wish we could be like that