7️⃣ Each student wrote about a different time period.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) either < ... time ...> or < ... period > .
TIP: Both time and period can refer to a length of minutes, hours, days, years, etc. Either word can be removed from the sentence.

☑️ Each student wrote about a different time period.
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☑️ Each student wrote about a different time period.

8️⃣ After her run, the girl sat down on the bench.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word(-s) here is (are) < ... down ... > .
TIP: Sat means "lowered one's weight into a position resting on one's buttocks", and down means "moving from above onto a surface".

☑️ After her run, the girl sat down on the bench.

9️⃣ The author conducted 200 interviews to write a biography of the life of the reclusive poet.

✅ Answer: 🔰 The unnecessary word here is either < ... of the life ... > .
TIP: Biography means "the story of a person's life", so of the life is unnecessary.

☑️ The author conducted 200 interviews to write a biography of the life of the reclusive poet.

🔟 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.