Question

Please revise the following sentences to eliminate redundancy and to achieve greater cohesion and conciseness.

(reduce from 56 words to 29 or fewer)

The major blood types are A, B, AB, and O. Every individual has one of these red blood cell types. In addition to having one of these major blood types, every individual's red blood cells have certain minor types. Some of these minor blood types are very rare and may be found only within certain races.

(reduce from 32 to 21 or so)

There are some patients that are not able to eat orally and must be fed by a tube which is placed in the stomach, either through the nose or the abdominal wall.

(reduce from 45 to 21)

The kudzu plant is a plant which was introduced into America from Japan in order to prevent erosion and the washing away of the land and which has become a nuisance and a pest in some areas because it chokes out trees and other vegetation.

(reduce to 11 or fewer words)

It is not possible that any large American chestnut trees survived the blight of the trees in the year of 1925.

(reduce to 11 or fewer words)

He is leaving for the city of Atlanta due to the fact that he has been offered a job there in the nature of sales.

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The new building recently constructed had the appearance of the architecture one associates with Moorish traditions.

Answer 1

Individuals have either A, B, AB, and O as major red blood cell (RBC) types plus certain minor types. Some minor types are uncommon and found within certain races.

Patients unable to eat orally must be fed by a tube, placed in the stomach either through nose or abdominal wall.

The kudzu plant, introduced into America from Japan to prevent land erosion has become a nuisance as it chokes out vegetation.

No large American chestnut tree survived the blight of 1925.

He is leaving for Atlanta because of a sales job offer.

The new building had the appearance of traditional Moorish architecture.