"The above-mentioned book" is potentially an example of
A) a redundancy.
B) a strung-out sentence.
C) an indefinite pronoun starter.
D) an awkward reference.
E) a camouflaged verb.

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D)If you want readers to refer to a specific point in a document,avoid vague references such as "the above-mentioned," "as mentioned above," "the aforementioned," "the former," "the latter," and "respectively." Redundancies are when you have words that say the same thing such as visible to the eye.A strung-out sentence is an overly long sentence that could be divided into two sentences.An indefinite pronoun starter is when you start a sentence with "There is" or "It is." A camouflaged verb is a word that ends in -ion,-tion,-ing,-ment,-ant,-ent,-ence,-ance,and -ency.

"The Above-Mentioned Book" Is Potentially an Example of