§3 Ambiguous or doubtful pronoun references
      a.  Errors with he and she
      b.  Errors with they
      c.  Errors with this and it
      d.  Errors with adjectives as antecedents
      Exercises
      Answers and explanations

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§12 Perfect tenses and the sequence of events
      e.  Using time words as shortcuts to perfect tenses
      f.  If / Then constructions
      Exercises
      Answers and explanations

§17 Referring to literary or historical time
      a.  Using literary or historical time words
      b.  Use the present and present perfect to refer
      to authors’ and critics’ work
      Exercises
      Answers and explanations

§28 Incomplete and self-evident thoughts
      a.  Defend thoughts against incompletion
      b.  Eliminate self-evident statements
      Exercises
      Answers and explanations

§29 Fragments
      a.  Fragments without subjects
      b.  Fragments without verbs
      c.  Fragments with neither subjects nor verbs
      d.  Fragments with both subjects and verbs
      e.  Using fragments for effect
      f.   Words that signal fragments
      Exercises
      Answers and explanations

§36 Forms of repetition
      a.  Redundancy within a sentence
      b.  Redundancy over consecutive sentences
      c.  Words with built-in limits
      d.  Causal overkill
      e.  Comparative overkill
      f.   Additive overkill
      g.  Conditional overkill
      Exercises
      Answers and explanations

§38 Gilding the lily
      a.  Eliminate irrelevant adjectives
      b.  Eliminate unnecessary adverbs
      c.  Avoid overpraising
      Exercises
      Answers and explanations

§66 Using quotations effectively
      a.  Introduce and explain longer quotations
      b.  Make quotations relevant
      c.  Integrate quotations into text
      d.  Quote to add factual details
      e.  Quotations as completed ideas

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