🔟 Please prune off the thorns on the roses before arranging them.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... off ... > .
TIP: Prune means "to cut off or remove", so off is unnecessary.

☑️ Please prune off the thorns on the roses before arranging them.

➰ Commas (writing) ➰

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

❗️INSTRUCTIONS:
Determine the place where comma is missing.
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❗️ Insert 1️⃣ missing comma:

1️⃣ Loch Ness⭕️in Scotland's Highlands, has peat-darkened waters⭕️that keep it extremely cold year round, making it a perfect hiding spot for the mythical sea creature⭕️Nessie.

✅ Answer: Loch Ness,✔️in Scotland's Highlands, has peat-darkened waters❌that keep it extremely cold year round, making it a perfect hiding spot for the mythical sea creature❌Nessie.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing comma:

2️⃣ The Minerve was a French submarine that launched on May 31⭕️1961, and disappeared on January 27⭕️1968. Its wreckage age was found was found in 2019⭕️off the coast of France.

✅ Answer: The Minerve❌was a French submarine that launched on May 31,✔️1961, and disappeared on January 27,✔️1968. Its wreckage age was found was found in 2019❌off the coast of France.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing comma:

3️⃣ Giraffes⭕️are the tallest⭕️animals⭕️growing to up to 18 feet for males⭕️and 14 feet for females. Their gestation period is about 14 months⭕️and they give birth standing up.

✅ Answer: Giraffes❌are the tallest❌animals,✔️growing to up to 18 feet for males❌and 14 feet for females. Their gestation period is about 14 months,✔️and they give birth standing up.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

5️⃣ Thought to be the world's tallest⭕️tree,✔️ Hyperion is a redwood rising 379 feet⭕️in northern California. To protect it from being harmed, however⭕️its precise location⭕️is a secret.

✅ Answer: Thought to be the world's tallest❌tree❌Hyperion is a redwood rising 379 feet❌in northern California. To protect it from being harmed, however,✔️its precise location❌is a secret.

❗️ Insert 1️⃣ missing comma:

4️⃣ "George Eliot's real name⭕️was Mary Ann Evans," Bo said. "Born on November 22, 1819⭕️Evans adopted a male⭕️pen name⭕️to be taken seriously in her time."

✅ Answer: "George Eliot's real name❌was Mary Ann Evans", Bo said. 'Born on November 22, 1819,✔️ Evans adopted a male❌pen name❌to be taken seriously in her time.'

❗️ Insert 3️⃣ missing commas :

6️⃣ John Larson⭕️a police officer⭕️and medical student at the University of California⭕️invented the first reliable⭕️polygraph machine⭕️in1921. At the time⭕️Larson was just 21 years old.

✅ Answer: John Larson,✔️ a police officer❌and medical student at the University of California,✔️invented the first reliable❌polygraph machine❌in1921. At the time,✔️Larson was just 21 years old.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

7️⃣ Porcupines are large⭕️herbivorous rodents⭕️whose tens of thousands of quills⭕️protect them against predators. Their quills are hollow⭕️enabling porcupines to float in water.

✅ Answer: Porcupines are large,✔️herbivorous rodents,✔️whose tens of thousands of quills❌protect them against predators. Their quills are hollow❌enabling porcupines to float in water.