"Chicago has the most modern,up-to-date transport system in the United States." Why is this statement less concise?
A)It lacks parallelism.
B)It contains redundant words.
C)It uses camouflaged verbs.
D)It has too many nouns.
E)It has a dangling modifier.

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B)In this sentence, "modern" and "up-to-date" are double modifiers having the same meaning. Hence, one of these words is redundant.

"Chicago Has the Most Modern,up-To-Date Transport System in the United