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I am trying to combine these two sentences in order to make it more concise.

The program provides training on reviewing data schematics; it also provides training on interpreting data charts.

I would like to know if both combinations A and B are both gramatically valid and correct. Thank you.

A) The program provides training on reviewing data schematics and on interpreting visual data charts.

B) The program provides training on reviewing data schematics and interpreting visual data charts.

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You are offering a choice between two prepositional phrases using on joined by and (A) and a compound object of the preposition on (B). Both are grammatical, but B is better stylistically, as there is no need to repeat the preposition in a context where it’s unlikely a reader would forget that the second noun phrase is also the object of on.

If, say, you wished to modify reviewing data schematics with a longer relative clause, you might cue the reader that a second object is coming by inserting both after on or by repeating the preposition.

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