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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📍 Round 1️⃣. INSERT THE MISSING COMMAS

❗️ Insert 1️⃣ missing comma :

1️⃣ Before the telegraph was invented Europeans used semaphore lines which were a network of towers trat transmitted visual signals across distances.

✅ Answer: Before the telegraph was invented,🔻 Europeans used semaphore lines, which were a network of towers that transmitted visual signals across distances.

ℹ️ TIP: Dependent clauses are followed by commas when they come directly before complete sentences.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

2️⃣ A large storage tank burst and sent a great flood of molasses through the North End neighbourhood of Boston Massachussets on 15 January 1919.

✅ Answer: A large storage tank burst and sent a great flood of molasses through the North End neighbourhood of Boston,🔻 Massachussets,🔻 on 15 January 1919.

ℹ️ TIP for both cases: The state or country name is separated by comma from the city and from the rest of the sentence.