checklist 15: lead with removing redundant second clause
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@@ -377,10 +377,11 @@ passes, because fixing one pattern often introduces another.
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the same thing twice from two directions, delete the contrast.
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15. Check for the two-clause compound sentence pattern. If most sentences in a
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passage follow the "\[clause\], \[conjunction\] \[clause\]" structure,
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rewrite some of them. Break a few into two sentences. Start some with a
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subordinate clause. Embed a relative clause in the middle of one instead of
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appending it at the end.
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passage follow the "\[clause\], \[conjunction\] \[clause\]" structure, first
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try removing the conjunction and second clause entirely, since it's often
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redundant or unnecessary. If the second clause does carry meaning, break it
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into its own sentence, start the sentence with a subordinate clause, or
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embed a relative clause in the middle instead of appending it at the end.
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16. Find every rhetorical question that is immediately followed by its own
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answer and rewrite the passage as a direct statement.
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