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Which revision best eliminates wordiness in the following sentence?

Summer jobs can provide teens the values they need to be good workers, such as being responsible.
A. Change "good workers" to "good employees."
B. Change "being responsible" to "responsibility."
C. Change "Summer jobs" to "Jobs."
D. Change "values they need" to "values they should have."

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hes right just got it correct in apex. its B. Change "being responsible" to "responsibility."

User Raunaq
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B. the other choices really don't make much difference to the length of the sentences (compared to option b)
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