Writing Improvement Exercises

Wordy Expressions

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YOUR TASK.Revise the following sentences to eliminate wordy phrases.

$16$We cannot complete the report at this point in time due to the fact that we encountered difficulties in our research and lost a collaborator to serious illness.

$17$In the normal course of events, we would probably buy a larger building; however, in view of the fact that the economic outlook has dimmed, we cannot.

$18$In very few cases do the new names of merged corporations signal clearly what the companies actually do$.$

$19$Inasmuch as our tax and regulatory policies hamper a return of manufacturing to the United States, they should be reformed.

$20$Despite the fact that forced shutdowns during the COVID$-19$ pandemic caused huge job losses in manufacturing, $63$ percent of executives polled by Deloitte are optimistic about the future.