The dog that is brown and sitting under the table belongs to the neighbor who happens to live next door.
which is the best revision of the wordy sentence?
a) the brown dog sitting under the table belongs to the next-door neighbor.
b) the brown dog that is sitting under the table belongs next door to the neighbor.
c) the dog that is brown, sitting under the table, belongs to the neighbor who lives next door.
d) the brown dog sitting under the table belongs to the neighbor who happens to live next door.

The best revision of the wordy sentence is A) The brown dog sitting under the table belongs to the next-door neighbor.

Option A) is the correct one because the phrase "that is brown", which is postmodifying the noun, has been eliminated and "brown" has become a premodifier of "dog" instead. Therefore, this change makes possible to express the same idea using less words. Moreover, the conjunction "and" and the defining relative clause "who happens to live next door" have also been deleted. The adjective "next-door", which is modifying "neighbour", is replacing the defining relative clause and, at the same time, making the sentence less wordy.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

answer: j

explanation: