Thursday, November 30, 2006
Puzzling Redundancies
You see them all the time. Phrases in which the main idea is repeated more than once. (Yes, I did that on purpose.) Take, for example, the phrase I saw today in an article about ugly team uniforms. The author mentioned the "arm sleeves." Why? When you are talking about clothing, sleeves are the... Sign in to see full entry.
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