Pleonasms in the wild: “mutual cooperation”
I was watching a science program last week and one of the people being interviewed mentioned “mutual cooperation.” “Mutual cooperation.” Can be any other kind of cooperation? Can there be unilateral...
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I encountered another pleonasm—that is, the use of more words than needed to express an idea—the other day while listening to a podcast: “…my personal pet peeve…” A pet peeve is, by definition,...
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