Question

hich of the following sentences contain flabby expressions? Check all that apply. I worked on the MarkMaster campaign for the period of 35 hours last week. Help yourself to the cookies in the break room. Until our copier is replaced, please use the one on the third floor. In very few cases will he return text messages. In addition to the above, the client is of the opinion that, as a general rule, Comic Sans font is childish.

Answer 1

Answer:

An example of flabby expression among the sentences given in the question is the first second last and the last one or "I worked on the MarkMaster campaign for the period of 35 hours last week.""In very few cases will he return text messages" and "In addition to the above, the client is of the opinion that, as a general rule, Comic Sans font is childish."

Explanation:

In general English language,a flabby expression can be characterized as the sentence or statement which contains rambling,redundant and unnecessary extra words which affects the clarity of the sentence or expression.These words make the sentence or expression unnecessarily complicated and long.In this instance,the first sentence uses an extra phrase "for the period" which could have been omitted and rewritten as only "I worked on the MarkMaster campaign for 35 hours last week."In the second last sentence given in the question,the phrase "In very few cases" can be replaced by the word "Rarely" thereby shortening the sentence.In the last sentence,the initial phrase "In addition to the above" can be replaced by "Aside from" or "Besides" and the phrase "as a general rule" can also be shortened as "generally".These are the examples of redundant or extra words that convey the original meaning of the sentences but only expands their length and complexity.