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Difficulty: EasyEliminating Redundancy

To prepare for the long winter ahead, the busy squirrels gathered acorns and hickory nuts, storing them away for future use in the months to come.

Which of the following choices represents the most concise and grammatically correct option for the underlined portion of the sentence?

  1. A
    storing them away for future use in the months to come
  2. storing them for future useAnswer
  3. C
    storing them. Which they would use in the future
  4. D
    storing them, they would use them in the future months

Answer

The correct answer is the phrasing 'storing them for future use'.
The correct choice is 'storing them for future use' because it removes the redundant repetition of future time present in 'future use' and 'in the months to come' while maintaining a grammatically correct participial phrase.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify redundant words or phrases in the underlined text.
The expressions 'future use' and 'in the months to come' both refer to events happening in the future, making them redundant when used together.
Eliminating redundancy is a core rule of clear and concise writing.
2
Evaluate the choices to find the one that is grammatically correct and eliminates the redundancy.
The phrasing 'storing them for future use' removes the repetitive reference to the future while maintaining proper grammar as a participial phrase.
This selection ensures the sentence is clear, concise, and grammatically correct.

Key Concept

Eliminating Redundancy
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Eliminating Redundancy

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