esides giving firmer
texture to the construction.]

=2.= Repetition cured by the use of pronouns. (In using this method, one
should take care that the reference of the pronouns is clear.)

Bad: The _Law Building_, the _Commerce Building_, and the
_Science Building_ are close together. The _Commerce Building_
is south of the _Law Building_, and the _Science Building_ is
south of the _Commerce Building_. The _Law Building_ is old and
dilapidated. The _Commerce Building_ is a red brick _building_,
trimmed in terra-cotta. The _Science Building_ resembles the
_Commerce Building_.

Right: The Law, Commerce, and Science Buildings are close
together in a row. _The first of these_ is old and dilapidated.
South of it stands the Commerce Building, _which_, because of
_its_ red brick and terra-cotta trimmings, somewhat resembles
the Science Building.

=3.= Repetition cured by rearranging and condensing.

Bad: The _autumn_ is my favorite of all the _seasons_. While
_autumn_ in the _city_ is not such a pleasant _season_ as
_autumn_ in the country, yet even in the _city_ my preference
will always be for the _autumn_.

Right: My favorite season is autumn. I like it best in the
country, but even in the city it is the best time of the year.

=b. Avoid a monotonous repetition of sentence structure. To give variety
to successive sentences: (1) vary the length, (2) vary the beginnings,
(3) avoid a series of similar compound sentences, (4) interchange loose
with periodic structure, (5) use rhetorical question, exclamation,
direct discourse, (6) avoid an excessive use of participles or
adjectives.=

=1.= Vary the length of sentences.

Bad: Walter came up the path carrying Betty in his arms. She
was wet from head to toe. Damp curls clung to her pale face.
Water dripped from her clothes. One hand hung loosely over
Walter's arm. The other held a live duckling. She had saved
the little duck from drowning. This was Betty's first day in
the country.

Right: Walter came up the path carrying Betty in his
arms--little Betty who was spending her first day in the
country. She was wet from head to toe; damp curls clung to her
pale face, and water dripped from her clothes. In one hand she
held a live duckling. Her face lighted with courage as she told
how she jumped into the pond and saved