45c Including all necessary words

45cIncluding all necessary words

In addition to making any parallel elements grammatically similar, be careful to include all words—prepositions, articles, verb forms, and so on—that are necessary for clarity or grammar. (See also 39e.)

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To a city in Mexico or to Mexico in general? The editing makes the meaning clear.

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In the unedited version, had . . . see is not grammatically correct.