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Question 79

In each report the receiver is the topic and the routine agent is obvious or unimportant. Which sentence fails to omit that agent?

  1. The corridor lights are tested every Friday.
  2. All returned books are sorted overnight.
  3. The towels are replaced daily by hotel staff.Correct answer
  4. Fresh water is delivered before breakfast.

Explanation

The towels sentence unnecessarily names hotel staff even though the premise makes them an obvious routine agent. The remaining reports omit their predictable or unimportant doers and keep attention on the receivers.

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