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 XII.I.ogical Connectives XlII.Summing it All Up Part Three: Supplementary Examples Key to Exercises Selected Bibliography