During the editing process, addressing phrases such as: final completion, month of August, or close proximity, is an example of

• A. Technical accuracy/coverage
• B. Remove unnecessary words
• C. Arrangement
• D. Active voice

Answer: (B)

This targets removing unnecessary words to avoid redundancy in editing. Phrases like “final completion” pair two words that mean the same thing, so one of them can be dropped without changing the meaning. “Month of August” adds extra words that do not add new information, since the month is already named by August. “Close proximity” repeats the idea of closeness; proximity already conveys nearness, so the adjective adds nothing useful. The goal here is to trim such pleonastic phrases to make writing tighter and clearer. The other options focus on different editing concerns: technical accuracy/coverage is about factual correctness and scope, arrangement is about ordering information, and active voice is about sentence structure and who performs the action, not about removing redundant wording.