Redundancy

Redundancy happens when we use unnecessary words in a sentence. They are unnecessary because if you exclude them from the sentence, the meaning of the sentence will remain the same. Redundancy happens when you add adjectives and adverbs to verbs or nouns that carry similar meanings. Look at the following example which you come across regularly:

1. Can you repeat it again?
"Again" and "repeat" have a similar meaning? So, the removal of "again" will not affect the meaning of the sentence. Now, we can say, "can you repeat it?" This is how you can avoid redundancy. Avoiding redundancy simply makes your sentences precise and clear.

Now, let's find out some common examples of redundancy.
Redundancy: Each and every student is brilliant.
Concise: Each student is brilliant.
Concise: Every student is brilliant.
Redundancy: The end result was terrible.
Concise: The ending was terrible.
Concise: The result was terrible.
Redundancy: Can you briefly summarize your lesson?
Concise: Summarize your lesson.
Redundancy: My past experience will get priority.
Concise: My experience will get priority.
Redundancy: He was one and the same person.
Concise: He was the same person.
Redundancy: I spoke exactly the same thing.
Concise: I spoke the same thing.
Redundancy: I have wasted the period of two years.
Concise: I have wasted two years.

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 Usage of "One" and "You"

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 Preposition Explained in Detail

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