We bought tickets to the concert. The tickets cost a great deal of money. We got sick and had to give the tickets away. Which word-related issue do these sentences contain? It uses flowery or pretentious language. It overuses the verb to be . It repeats the word tickets too many times. What is the best replacement for these sentences? The concert tickets were bought by us. The tickets cost a great deal of money. The tickets were given away by us because we got sick. The concert tickets that we bought cost a great deal of money. We got sick and had to give them away