From the Department of Redundancy Department
These terms are redundant. And they’re also repetitively unnecessary:
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)
Now, go and write better.
(from the archives)
