Question

Which sentence in this passage contains redundancy?

As poor discipline and misbehavior have become problems in schools across the country, many parents and teachers have come up with a new solution—school uniforms. Many supporters of uniforms in school claim that just introducing a common uniform can reduce these problems. And they have the statistics to support their claim. In the Long Beach California School District, statistics show that school fights and violence went down by 74 percent after uniforms were introduced. The parents and teachers demanding the introduction of school uniforms say that they will reduce misbehavior, cut down violence and fighting, and improve discipline among students. They say kids can often become obsessed with style sense and designer brands. When all students wear the same uniform, pressure on students to impress their classmates goes down.

Answer 1

In the Long Beach California School District, statistics show that school fights and violence went down by 74 percent after uniforms were introduced.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

In the Long Beach California School District, statistics show that school fights and violence went down by 74 percent after uniforms were introduced.

Step-by-step explanation:

This sentence has redundancy because it repeats information twice. This is the information that is repeated:

In the Long Beach California School District, statistics show that school fights and violence went down by 74 percent after uniforms were introduced.

Note that statistics and 74 percent mean the same thing. In other words, the same information has been expressed twice in the paper.

An alternative will be re-writing the sentence like this:

• In the Long Beach California School District, school fights and violence went down by 74 percent after uniforms were introduced.

In the sentence above, the information is not repeated twice.