Unnecessary Redundancy
One of my pet hates is redundant language; I reserve the right to “really truly” for emphasis if I want to, but all that “05-hundred AM in the morning” stuff is for cock jockeys.
Here’s a little visual celebration of redundancy in action:
I'd prefer to prepay afterwards, by Andrew Sardone
Redundant Touch by JulianBleecker
Stating the Obvious by Hryck
Redundancy by mlcastle
Images via Flickr: Andrew Sardone, JulianBleecker, Hryck, mlcastle
Related resources
- Writing tips and blogging job opportunities (invisiblogger.com)
- Redundancy Explains Junk DNA, Redundancy Explains Junk DNA (sandwalk.blogspot.com)
- Tighten up your writing by removing redundant/unnecessary words (cybertext.wordpress.com)
Image of the Week: Win A Dream Holiday
My mate posted this on Facebook. I thought this was ironic due to the fact this paper came out only a couple of days after the Costa Concordia tragedy happened (on Friday 13th January, woo00ooo), and just above the photo of the sinking cruise ship they’ve got a big red headline offering to win a dream holiday. Mmm, I think not. I wonder if they got in trouble for this ?
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