How could this sentence be corrected to cut out fluffy words? "I really just want to go to the arcade to play games in order to have fun."
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Correct answer: “I want to go to the arcade to play games and have fun.”.
Why this is the answer
The correct answer, "I want to go to the arcade to play games and have fun," is the most concise because it removes unnecessary words without changing the sentence's core meaning. "Really just" and "in order to" are common phrases that often add fluff. "Really" and "just" are intensifiers that don't add substantive meaning here. "In order to" can almost always be replaced by "to" or, as in this case, by restructuring the sentence with "and" for better flow. The other incorrect options retain some of these superfluous words, making them less concise.
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