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From the Department of Redundancy Department

Posted by Bryan

e: An update from the archives...

These terms are redundant. And they're also redundant.

Redundancies from the Internet

adequate enough (adequate)
filled to capacity (filled)
all throughout (throughout)
green in color (green)
another additional (another)
join together (join)
assembled together (assembled)
large in size (large)
attached hereto (attached)
maximum possible (maximum)
brief in duration (brief)
mix together (mix)
one specific (one)
completely finished (finished)
period of time (period)
continue to remain (remain)
physical size (size)
desirable benefits (benefits)
specific example (example)
eliminate altogether (eliminate)
throughout the whole (throughout)
enclosed herewith or within (enclosed)
viable alternative (alternative)
few in number (few)
many different types (many types)

12 midnight (midnight)
12 noon (noon)
3 am in the morning (3 am)
absolutely spectacular/phenomenal (spectacular/phenomenal)
a person who is honest (an honest person)
a total of 14 birds (14 birds)
biography of her life (biography)
circle around (circle)
close proximity (proximity)
completely unanimous (unanimous)
consensus of opinion (consensus)
cooperate together (cooperate)
each and every (each)
enclosed herewith (enclosed)
end result (result)
exactly the same (the same)
final completion (completion)
frank and honest exchange (frank exchange or honest exchange)
free gift (gift)
he/she is a person who . . . (he/she)
important/basic essentials (essentials)
in spite of the fact that (although)
in the field of economics/law enforcement (in economics/law enforcement)
in the event that (if)
job functions (job or functions)
new innovations (innovations)
one and the same (the same)
particular interest (interest)
period of four days (four days)
personally, I think/feel (I think/feel)
personal opinion (opinion)
puzzling in nature (puzzling)
refer back (refer)
repeat again (repeat)
return again ( return)
revert back (revert)
shorter/longer in length (shorter/longer)
small/large in size (small/large)
square/round/rectangular in shape (square/round/rectangular)
summarize briefly (summarize)
surrounded on all sides (surrounded)
surrounding circumstances (circumstances)
the future to come (the future)
there is no doubt but that (no doubt)
usual/habitual custom (custom)
we are in receipt of (we have received)

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