Combining Sentences
Eliminating Words and Phrases
Eliminating common mistakes
Redundant
100

The boy is smart. He is also a hard worker. 

The boy is a smart and hard worker.


100

In my opinion, I think dogs are better than cats.

I think dogs are better than cats. 

100

It is the mayor who gets elected.

The mayor gets elected.

100

To be truthfully honest, I think sports are overrated. 

To be honest, I think sports are overrated. 

200


Rachel has two new pairs of shoes. She also has three old pairs of shoes.


Rachel has two pairs of new shoes and three old pairs.

200

To be honest, I didn't like the movie.

I didn't like the movie. 

200

We are currently in class.

We are in class. 

200

"Come out of the house! We've got surprises for you everywhere!"

"Come out of the house! We've got surprises for you!"

300

Bobby played hide-and-seek and 4-square.

Cindy played hide-and-seek and 4-square as well.


Bobby and Cindy played hide and seek and 4-square.

300

There are many people who think the book is great.

Many people think the book is great

300

The point of this concert is for the collection of money for a charity.

The concert is for collecting charity money.

300

He got 1150 on the SAT test.

He got 1150 on the SAT.

400

Mia has written 16 pages of her senior paper. The paper is about The American Revolution. 

Mia has written 16 pages of her senior paper about The American Revolution. 

400

The reason why she did well on her test was because she studied.  

She did well on her test because she studied. 

400

Our top student is a hard working student.

Our top student is hard working. 

400

She got money from the ATM machine. 

She got money from the ATM.

500

He wrote an argumentative paper for his writing class. The paper that he wrote was about the issue of school year round.

He wrote an argumentative paper about school year round.

500

The stegosaurus was huge in size.

The stegosaurus was huge.

500

At this point in time, we are playing some football.

We are playing football now.

500

After a long battle, the end result was a was a win.

After a long battle, the result was a win.

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