To the Reader Part One: Unnecessary Words I. Unnecessary Nouns and Verbs II. Unnecessary Modifiers III.Redundant Twins IV.Saying the Same Thing Twice V. Repeated References to the Same Thing VI.Summing it All Up Part Two: Sentence Structure VII. The Noun Plague VIII. Pronouns and Antecedents IX.The Placement of Phrases and Clauses X. Dangling Modifiers XI.Parallel Structure XlI. Logical Connectives XIII. Summing it All Up …… Part Three: Supplementary Examples Key to Exercises Selected Bibliography