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Which course of action most improves the following sentence?

"Both of the twins were top-notch students at their local high school."
  1. Fix the parallel structure.
  2. Fix the subject-verb agreement.
  3. Remove the words both of.
  4. Remove the hyphen in top-notch.
Explanation
Answer: C - The sentence is most improved by removing the words both of. Since we are talking about twins, we already know there are two of them. Cutting out unnecessary words makes your writing clearer and easier for your reader to understand.
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