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I have not seen any lists of redundant words, except a few short ones. I will reproduce the one I have collected and hopefull we can compile one of a certain length. I will appreciate everybody's contributions.
Advance forward
proceed forward
progress forward
return back
revert back
sufficient enough
complete together
reason ... because
join together
repeat again - this is a big one!
new innovations
same identical
two twins
the time when (the time and when indicate the same thing; either has to be used but not both)
the place where
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Ha ! That's a nice thread. 
extremely critical
both of them
consensus of opinion
fewer in number
discussed about
estimated at about
sum total
exact duplicate
my favourite - whether or not
Actually, this thread will prompt a good discussion on the AWA - a subject I have found lacking in discussions on the forum.
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Some more....
absolutely essential
actively engaged
advance warning
and also
combined together
dead body
first began
future plans
golden wedding anniversary
government white paper
if and when
included among
in order to - supposed to be (to)
linked together
may possibly
new acquisition, departure, development
past experience
regular monthly meeting
7pm in the evening
small in size
successfully passed
suddenly and without warning
temporary reprieve
terrible disaster
totally, completely destroyed
unexpected surprise
young boy, girl
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Redundant ----- Revised
end result ------- result
close proximity ------- close
hidden pitfall ------- pitfall
past experience ------- experience
personal friend ------- friend
unsolved problem ------- problem
absolutely essential ------- essential
contributing factor ------- factor
at that time ------- then
for this reason ------- so
in most cases ------- usually
in order to ------- to
until such time ------- until
at a later date ------- later
it is apparent that ------- apparently
despite the fact that ------- although
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the reason why - the reason
the exact same thing - the same thing
Whether or not - Whether
and my father was also there - and my father was there
Free gift - Gift
My applogies if I repeated some.
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here is my working list of redundancies....
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AkamaiBrah
Former Senior Instructor, Manhattan GMAT and VeritasPrep
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MFE, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, Class of 2005
MBA, Anderson School of Management, UCLA, Class of 1993
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massive thread bb & akamai ;]]
quick question - would any of you recommend a GRE prep book for GMAT verbal or math?? i have a buddy who recently took the GRE and scored pretty good, and i want to use his prep material but i don't know if it is compatible with the GMAT. i know GRE has idioms. they might be useful for SC, would any of you guys be able to confirm this ? thanx for your advice
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This is an interesting collection of posts. However, I disagree with some of the alleged redundancies. Many of the phrases that appear redundant actually have a level of accuracy that might not be appreciated at first glance. For instance "end result" and "result" can have different meanings depending one whether a process has intermediate steps which count as results of sorts but not end results. "At a later date" and "later" are not identical because the first connotes that it must occur on another day while the second allow the possibility of taking place that same day. These might sound like minor points but millions of dollars can hinge on seemingly minor shades of meaning when drafting contracts. "Advance warning" likewise suggests a greater warning time than the simple phrase "warning."
Nonetheless, I acknowledge that we should be careful about needless repetition in writing.
Hjort
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Good to review the list. Thanks for the information and effort to make this list. As pointed out, We need to be really careful about when it's redundant and when it's not based on the context etc.
Thanks,
MRD
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Hjort wrote: This is an interesting collection of posts. However, I disagree with some of the alleged redundancies. Many of the phrases that appear redundant actually have a level of accuracy that might not be appreciated at first glance. For instance "end result" and "result" can have different meanings depending one whether a process has intermediate steps which count as results of sorts but not end results. "At a later date" and "later" are not identical because the first connotes that it must occur on another day while the second allow the possibility of taking place that same day. These might sound like minor points but millions of dollars can hinge on seemingly minor shades of meaning when drafting contracts. "Advance warning" likewise suggests a greater warning time than the simple phrase "warning."
Nonetheless, I acknowledge that we should be careful about needless repetition in writing.
Hjort
I have not read this post before. But if IIRC, I believe some GMAT book has plagiarized these exact same words. I distinctly remember reading these sentences somewhere before.
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Exact same words?
just my thoughts.
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Wow. This thread is helpful. I am bookmark-ing it.
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I will add two to the list
can potential
suggest...should
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After reading this list I became very conscious of redundancy.. Maybe too conscious.
"While at the same time" isn't redundant.
Made the mistake in GMATprep 
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