Redundant phrasing (clades)

> The phrase “internal node that rooted a monophyletic clade” is multiply redundant. If there is not characteristic of this group, every internal node gives rise to a “clade” of sorts. And a clade is, by definition, monophyletic.

I have to disagree on this one.  Not all clades are monophyletic.  Paraphyletic and polyphyletic clades are well known and used terms in the literature.