A draft reads: "Due to the fact that the ferry was canceled, the team arrived late." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "There is no doubt that the city health office tested the water twice." Which phrase can be cut with no fact lost?

A draft reads: "The rescue team, who were all volunteers, arrived at 3 a.m." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "Frankly, in this day and age, the report basically covers only one of the four barangays." Which phrase is doing necessary work and must stay?

A draft reads: "The council conducted a review of the school budget on Monday." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "Needless to say, at the end of the day, the bridge is safe for all intents and purposes, according to the city engineer." Which phrase must stay?

A draft reads: "The fire destroyed all six market stalls at 6 a.m. in the morning." Which words repeat something the sentence already says?

A draft reads: "The police said that they made an arrest of two suspects on Sunday." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "Police stated that the man in question allegedly took the cash box." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The city closed the lane in order to repair the water pipe on Sunday." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "It goes without saying that the market really flooded for the second time this month, more or less." Which phrase must stay?

A draft reads: "The reason why the class was canceled is because the teacher was sick." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "Every single one of the twelve schools in the town reopened on Monday." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The agency gave advance warning three hours before the storm hit." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "A decision to close the port was made by the coast guard on Friday." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "In the final analysis, classes were actually suspended in two of the town's nine barangays, plain and simple." Which phrase must stay?

A draft reads: "As we all know, the count stands at 212 as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, at the present time, more or less." Which phrase must stay?

A draft reads: "As everyone knows, basically, at this point in time, an unconfirmed report says two boats are missing." Which word must stay?

A draft reads: "The winner of the essay contest was a student who is 14 years old." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "There were five families that were staying at the evacuation center." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

Replacing "at this point in time" with "now" shortens a sentence without losing any information.

Deleting "according to the city health office" from a news sentence makes it tighter without losing information.

A draft reads: "The barangay made an inspection of the drains after the flood." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The new pump has the ability to move 500 liters a minute." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "In the event that signal number two is raised, classes will be canceled." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "For all intents and purposes, the driver, who was not hurt, is basically waiting at the scene at this point in time." Which phrase must stay?

A draft reads: "As we all know, in point of fact, the council actually approved the PHP 2 million road repair on Tuesday." Which phrase cannot be cut?

A draft reads: "The school spent a total sum of PHP 15,000 on new electric fans." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The typhoon damaged a total of 40 houses in the town." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The reporter asked a question about whether classes would resume on Monday." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The end result of the two-hour meeting was a new curfew." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The evacuation center is in close proximity to the river." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "It is important to note that fares will really rise by 20 percent in June, needless to say." Which phrase must stay?

A draft reads: "It was reported by the DOH that dengue cases rose in June." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The principal made the decision to move the exam to Friday." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "At the end of the day, the water was cut off only in the afternoon session, so to speak, basically." Which phrase must stay?

A draft reads: "The old building was totally destroyed by an early morning fire." Which word can be cut because the sentence already says it?

A draft reads: "For the most part, the feeding program serves children aged 3 to 5, as it were, at this time." Which phrase must stay?

A draft reads: "During the course of the meeting, the board approved two new rules." Which revision is tighter and keeps every fact?

A draft reads: "The city recorded 312 dengue cases in June, up from 190 in May." Which shorter version loses a fact the others keep?