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Which of the following sentences is redundant?
Running into Bethany at the grocery store was unexpected.
Bethany had a head of broccoli, some carrots, and an eggplant in her shopping basket.
The line at the cash register took much longer than usual, we waited for fifteen minutes longer than normal.
Bethany and I realized that we were buying the same frozen pizza.
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The third sentence is redundant:
"The line at the cash register took much longer than usual, we waited for fifteen minutes longer than normal."
It repeats the same idea twice ("much longer than usual" and "fifteen minutes longer than normal") and is also a comma splice. Fix by combining or choosing one phrasing, for example:
- "The line at the cash register took fifteen minutes longer than usual."
- "The line at the cash register took much longer than usual; we waited fifteen minutes."
"The line at the cash register took much longer than usual, we waited for fifteen minutes longer than normal."
It repeats the same idea twice ("much longer than usual" and "fifteen minutes longer than normal") and is also a comma splice. Fix by combining or choosing one phrasing, for example:
- "The line at the cash register took fifteen minutes longer than usual."
- "The line at the cash register took much longer than usual; we waited fifteen minutes."
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