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: Butterfly Blue Rest by Shannon Kringen
I have a bit of a thing about blue butterflies, and this one is just gorgeous. It lives [lived?] in the Seattle Science Center’s butterfly house.
I particularly like the contrast between the glowing soft-edged wings, the precision of the wing vein structure [I once obsessively drew butterfly wing vein patterns for days on end to perfect a tattoo design], and the stony textures in the background; I’ve seen a few too many butterflies photographed on green leaves and flowers.
You can see more of Shannon Kringen’s images on Flickr.
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