Common redundancies
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09 May 2013, 07:42
List of common redundancies:
Absolutely + essential
Actively + engaged
Adequate/Sufficient + enough
Advance/Proceed/Progress + forward
Advance/Future + plan
Advance + warning
Although/though + but/nevertheless/yet
AM + morning
And + also
Annually + per year
Appreciate/depreciate + in value
Attempt + try
Basic + fundamentals
Because + therefore/the reason
Can/may + potentially
Circulate + around
Close + proximity
Combine/Complete/Collect/Consolidate/cooperate + together
Complete + total
Completely + unanimous
Consensus + of opinion
Consequent + results
Contributing + factor
Cooperate + together
Decline/decrease + down
Despite + still/yet
disappear + from sight
End + result
Enter + in
Estimated + at about
Exact + duplicate/identical/same thing
Fewer + in number
Free + gift
Hidden + pitfall
Join + together
Large/small + in size
Linked + together
May + likely/possibly/probably/perhaps
New + innovation/acquisition/development
Now + currently/presently
Past + experience
Past + previous
Period + time
Personal + friend
Place + where
PM + afternoon/evening/night
Reason + why
Recommended + should
regular + daily/weekly/monthly/yearly etc. (+ event)
Retrospect + back
Re+verb + again [example: repeat again, regain again, restore again, etc]
Return/revert/refer + back
Rise/increase/Soar + up
Same + identical
Seems + apparent
Shuttle (verb) + back and forth
Successfully + passed
Sudden/unexpected + surprise
Suddenly + without warning
Sum + total
Summarize + briefly
Temporary + reprieve
Terrible + disaster
Time + when
True + fact
Two + twins
Unsolved + problem
Until + such time
Usual/habitual + custom
Young + boy/ girl
Notes:
Words in red font are normally the extra word. For the cases where there is no word in red color, either of the words can be used.
This list is prepared by consolidating inputs from various sources including BB's post. Here I didn't include those words which are to be categorized as unidiomatic (rather than redundant) and those words which can be right or wrong based on the context.
Anybody is welcome to suggest more redundancies and I will update the list as it comes.
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