ENGLISH QUESTION

Rewrite the following two sentences for clarity and conciseness.

1. Basically, in light of the fact that Congressman Fuenches was totally exhausted by his last campaign, there was an expectation on the part of the voters that he would not reduplicate his effort to achieve office in government again.

2. At this point in time we can't ascertain the reason as to why the screen door was left open.

1.The first part was unnecessary and the second part had words that were redundant

2. The extra words were deleted. There were redundancy issues.

Explanation:

1.   The first part was unnecessary, since it was transitional phrases. The second part had words that were redundant. For example, you don't need the re in front of duplicate and with the word again. Or office in government with voting,

2. The extra words were deleted. There were redundancy issues. The motto less is more pertains to this sentence.