Wednesday, 11 March 2015

No More Redundancies !

Redundancy: When a word is used that repeats something already said, and is not needed.

An example of a redundancy is: actual fact

This is a redundancy because we already know that the fact is "actual" because a fact is defined as something that has already been confirmed as true. Some people believe that redundancies help to emphasize, however all they actually do is make you look like an inexperienced writer.

Correction: Fact

The following table shows redundant expressions, with the concise corrections:






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