The paper proposes a new theory of successive cyclic
movement which reconciles the early and the current minimalist approach
to successive cyclicity. As in the early approach, there is no feature checking
in intermediate positions of successive cyclic movement. However, as in
the current approach and in contrast to early minimalism, successive cyclic
movement starts before the final target of movement enters the structure,
and the Form Chain operation is eliminated. The paper also argues that the
locality of Move and Agree is radically different, Agree being free from
several mechanisms that constrain Move, in particular, phases and the Activation
Condition. However, it is shown that there is no need to take phases to
define locality domains of syntax or posit the Activation Condition as an
independent principle of the grammar. The two still hold empirically for
Move as theorems. The Generalized EPP (the I-need-a-Spec property of attracting
heads) and the Inverse Case Filter are also shown to be dispensable. A system
is developed in which movement is always driven by a formal inadequacy of
the moving element, whereas Agree is driven by a formal inadequacy of the
target.