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	Meaning: Vague, Unclear, Contradictory, and False Statements
About these pages	Vague statements, part 1 Links: Developing a Thesis What is a paragraph? Next article Footnotes Back to top Vague statements, part 2 Details needed: the sentence is vague. Links: Developing a Thesis What is a paragraph? Further Reading: In Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide (2nd edition), see pages 268-270 Next article Footnotes Back to top Vague statements, part 3 Explain. Links: Developing a Thesis What is a paragraph? Next article Footnotes Back to top Vague statements, part 4 Vague pronoun Further Reading: In Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide (2nd edition), see page 279 Next article Footnotes Back to top Vague statements, part 5 Word choice: the word is vague. Further Reading: In Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide (2nd edition), see pages 226-232 Next article Footnotes Back to top Unclear statements, part 1 Links: Sentence Clarity Next article Footnotes Back to top Unclear statements, part 2 Explain. Further Reading: In Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide (2nd edition), see pages 268-270 Next article Footnotes Back to top Unclear statements, part 3 ? = I’m not sure what kind of error this is. Next article Footnotes Back to top Unclear statements, part 4 ?? = your meaning is unclear. Next article Footnotes Back to top Redundant statements, part 1 Next article Footnotes Back to top Redundant statements, part 2 There are redundant words in this passage. Next article Footnotes Back to top Redundant statements, part 3 These words are redundant; there is another nearby word or phrase with the same meaning. Next article Footnotes Back to top Redundant statements, part 4 This word is redundant; there is another nearby word or phrase with the same meaning. Next article Footnotes Back to top Contradictory statements, part 1 Next article Footnotes Back to top Contradictory statements, part 2 You are contradicting a proposition you made earlier. Further Reading: In Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide (2nd edition), see page 275 Next article Footnotes Back to top Contradictory statements, part 3 There are two contradictory propositions in this passage. Further Reading: In Writing Clearly: An Editing Guide (2nd edition), see page 275 Next article Footnotes Back to top False statements, part 1 Re-read – this is not accurate! Next article Footnotes Back to top False statements, part 1 Re-think this! Footnotes Back to top	Topics: Agreement Articles Clauses Coherence Collocations Format Meaning Mechanics Nouns/Pronouns Organizing Parallelism Passive Prepositions Quoting Sentence Verbs Words