4️⃣ The traveller's guide spelled out in detail how to use the city's subway.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is < ... in detail ... > .
TIP: Spelled out means "explained with details", so in detail is unnecessary.

✅ The traveller's guide spelled out in detail how to use the city's subway.

5️⃣ Corruption cancels out any good a politician does.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... out ... > .
TIP: Both cancels and cancels out mean "offset", so the word out is unnecessary.

✔️ Corruption cancels out any good a politician does.

6️⃣ People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder develop persistent obsessions.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... persistent ... > .
TIP: An obsession is a persistent preoccupation, so describing it as persistent is unnecessary.

✔️ People who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder develop persistent obsessions.

7️⃣ Are you going to a restaurant or to her house?

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) second < ... to ... > .
TIP: The act of going to a place applies to both a restaurant and her house, so it is unnecessary to repeat the word to.

✔️ Are you going to a restaurant or to her house?

8️⃣ The cacophony of sound in the crowded auditorium made it difficult to hear the speaker.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... of sound ... > .
TIP: A cacophony is "a harsh sound", so including of sound is unnecessary.

✔️ The cacophony of sound in the crowded auditorium made it difficult to hear the speaker.

9️⃣ The meteorologist said it might possibly rain tomorrow.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... possibly ... > .
TIP: Might means "the possibility that something will happen", so the adverb possibly is unnecessary.

✔️ The meteorologist said it might possibly rain tomorrow.

🔟 Please describe characteristic features of the artwork.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is(are) < ... characteristic ... > .
TIP: Characteristic means "typical of a person, place, or thing", and features are "distinctive attributes of something".

✔️ The stage lights emphasized the actor's characteristic features.

📓 Clarity (writing) 📓

Benefits➕:
🗨✔️ Learn to express yourself clearly and concisely ;
👥✔️ Use more direct phrases to avoid misunderstanding .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Replace a wordy phrase to make the sentence as brief as possible.

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➰ Commas (speaking) ➰

Benefits➕:
➿ Improve your understanding of how to use commas correctly ;
✍️ Write more clearly and effectively .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS:
Round 1. Determine the place where comma is missing.
Madam Secretary [ , ] ✔️ I politely disagree...
Round 2. Remove extra comma.
Westminster Abbey [ , ] ✖️ is located in London, England.

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➰ Commas (speaking) ➰

Benefits➕:
➿ Improve your understanding of how to use commas correctly ;
✍️ Write more clearly and effectively .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS:
Round 1. Determine the place where comma is missing.
Madam Secretary [ , ] ✔️ I politely disagree...
Round 2. Remove extra comma.
Westminster Abbey [ , ] ✖️ is located in London, England.

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