In English usage, redundancy is technically defined as the use of two or more words that say the same thing. But we also use the term to refer to any expression in which a modifier’s meaning is contained in the word it modifies (e.g., early beginnings, merge together—many more are listed blow). So, think of redundancies as word overflows.
Many redundancies are quite common and are not considered serious usage errors. Still, for careful writers, redundancies present opportunities to trim prose and make the indispensible words more powerful.
Below is a list of all our posts dealing with redundancies.
- Actual fact
- Added bonus
- After having
- Blatantly obvious
- Browse through
- But yet
- Close proximity
- Co-mingle, commingle, intermingle
- Collaborate together
- Combine together
- Critical juncture
- Each and every
- Early beginnings
- End result
- Equally as
- False pretenses
- Far distance
- Fellow classmates
- Few in number
- Final destination
- Final outcome
- Final result
- First discovered
- Free gift
- Future plans
- General consensus
- Historic milestone
- Interact with each other
- Join together
- Joint cooperation
- Just exactly
- Manually by hand
- Mental attitude
- Merge together
- Moment in time
- Old adage
- Outward appearances
- Overexaggerate
- Past experience
- Past history
- Pervade throughout
- Plan ahead, plan in advance
- Pre-plan
- Prior experience
- Proceed forward
- Proof positive
- Rate of speed
- Repay back
- Return back
- Slight edge
- Slight hint
- Software program
- Steady stream
- Sum total
- Sworn affidavit
- Up until
- Various different
- Well respected
- Whether or not
- While at the same time
- Whole entire