Be sure that your topic sentence indicates that what your paragraph is about.

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Begin your paragraph with a topic sentence rather than a title. Be sure that your topic sentence indicates that what your paragraph is about, that it is a complete thought, and that it limits your paragraph.

Source: Paragraph Practice, 5th edition, Kathleen E. Sullivan

The word “that” in bold seems redundant to me. What do you say?
 
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Be sure that your topic sentence indicates: that
- what your paragraph is about
- that it is a complete thought
- that it limits your paragraph.
It doesn't make sense grammatically and is clearly an error. Your topic sentence must do three things, as shown above. The first does not require "that" at the beginning so its inclusion in the original is wrong.
 
Yes, that "though" was my typo, which should have been "thought". I've corrected it. Thanks for pointing out.
 
Begin your paragraph with a topic sentence rather than a title. Be sure that your topic sentence indicates that what your paragraph is about, that it is a complete thought, and that it limits your paragraph.

Source: Paragraph Practice, 5th edition, Kathleen E. Sullivan

The word “that” in bold seems redundant to me. What do you say?
In the 1988 edition, which I found on Google (here), the word "that" does not appear after "indicates":

"Be sure that your topic sentence indicates what your paragraph is about . . . ."
 
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