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Answers to Conciseness Exercise

Please note that these are a sampling of possible answers. These should be used as a guide to show what is possible, not as a source ofthe only "correct" answers for the exercise. Here are our suggestions:

Part One:

2. Bradley Hall is usually filled with students who do not study the building as a structure.

3. He dropped out of school to support his family.

4. The bus company will probably announce its schedule during the next few days.

5. Any student who wants to meet foreign students can do so in many ways.

6. Rarely will you find someone who has never told a deliberate lie.

7. Disobeying safety regulations causes trouble.

8. Five out of more than a thousand students at a campus rally were arrested for disorderly conduct, and several others were charged by campus administrators with organizing a public meeting without a permit.

9. Students think that the most important subjects are those that will be useful after graduation.

10. Soon college freshmen must realize that they need to contact their advisors about their choices of majors.

11. Our company provides opportunities for professional growth and stability in the dynamic field of aerospace technology.

12. There are people who are for and people who are against capital punishment.

Part Two:

1. The cliffs dropped to the reefs seventy-five feet below, which were barely visible through the fog.

2. Their car is gassed up and ready for an all-night drive.

3. Sometimes Stan went running with Blanche, a good athlete on the track team at school.

4. Government leaders like to mention the creation of new jobs, claiming that these jobs indicate a strong economy, but ignoring the fact that low wage jobs without benefits and security have replaced many good jobs.

Part Three (first paragraph):

Many people who have not committed, seen, or solved a murder, or felt any desire to do any of the above, still like to read murder mysteries in order to escape the monotony of everday life.

Now it's your turn to be the expert! Using these models, how would you continue condensing the essay in Part Three?

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