I've often thought that much of what we say and write is redundant.
The Los Angeles Angels translates to The The Angels Angels.
People say NASCAR racing, but the acronym is National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. So you're saying National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing racing.
I've read that free gifts and foreign imports are redundancies, and that makes sense. A gift, by definition, would be free, and all imported items would have to come from foreign lands.
Advance reservations imply that you're making the reservations in advance. So you can just say that you've made reservations for 6.
I recently wrote about someone saying 3 a.m. in the morning, and, yes, that's redundant. You could just say 3 a.m. or say 3 in the morning; same thing.
Similarly, eating your food is redundant; what else would you eat?
People occasionally write about an artificial prosthesis; have you ever seen a natural prosthesis? Similarly, can you have an unarmed gunman?
A grand-slam home run is redundant, since a grand slam in baseball is a home run.
Other possible redundancies are brief moment, cease and desist, and rules and regulations.
Are there any other redundancies that I can't think of.
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