Tautology (Redundancy)

EXAMPLES OF REDUNDANCY

• 12 midnight

• 12 noon

• actual experience

• added bonus

• advance planning

• advance preview

• advance reservations

• advance warning

• all meet together

• all over again

• also _________, too

• apply an application

• armed gunman

• ask for it by name (from Lake Superior State University’s famous annual “Banished” list)

• ATM machine

• autobiography of my life

• awkward predicament

• basic fundamentals

• both the same/both different

• careful scrutiny

• cease and desist

• close proximity

• cold (or not) temperature

• commute back and forth

• complete stop

• completely through

• connect together

• consensus of opinion

• crisis situation/emergency situation (thanks to George Carlin [RIP] for this one)

• difficult dilemma

• each and every

• end result

• estimated roughly at

•  filled to capacity

• first and foremost

• first initial

• free gift or free bonus gift

•  friend of mine

•  future recurrence

• general public

• green in color

• grow in size

•  illustrated drawing

• joined together 

• kills bugs dead 

• kitty cat

• little baby

•  live studio audience

• MATC College

• meet together/meet with each other

• mutual _______ for each other

• interdependent upon each other

• natural instinct

• never at any time

•  new baby boy was born

• IT technology (IT stands for Information Technology)

• null and void

• number-one leader

• over and done with

• overexaggerate

• pair of twins

• past experience

• past history

• pre-_________ [most words with the prefix “pre-,” e.g., preheat, prerecord, preboard as an airplane (another borrowed Carlin classic)]

• PIN number; VIN number

• plan ahead

• poisonous venom

• preplan

• proceed forward

• progressively promoted

• puppy dog

• pursue after

• race, color, (and creed)

• re-________ again

• reason is because

•  reason why

• refer back

• regular routine

• same exact

• separated apart from each other

• side note

• sideline

• small speck

• suddenly exploded

• surrounded on all sides

• time period

• truly sincere

• tuna fish

• unexpected surprise

• veiled ambush

• very pregnant

• very unique

Samples from: http://www.jpschoemer.com/Repsoxys.html

Can you find the repetitive redundancy?

-Mr. Spagnolo was very exhausted after he climbed the mountain east of Baraboo.

-When we cooperate and work together, we will succeed admirably.

-The three brothers had nothing in common with each other.

-Do not return back to school until after you've spent some time thinking about your behavior.

-The flight from Madison to Stevens Point will depart at 5:50 AM this morning. 

-Have you read the latest biography on Justin Bieber's life?

-I'm going to hit up the ATM machine before we go to the movies in The Dells.

-It is absolutely essential that you avoid redundant repetition in you sentences; especially in college class courses.

-I'm looking for only the actual facts of the case before I, Judge Spagnolo, make any decisions on the case.

-I'm pretty sure the amount of redundancy used in ENG 11 vocabulary sentences is approaching an all-time record.

-The armed gunman fired six shots before fleeing into a Dunkin' Donuts restaurant, where he promptly gorged himself on a baker's dozen and fell asleep.