Redundancy, redundancy

Red Pen: A Grammar Podcast

Unless you're that one guy from Goodfellas—or verses one and three of a classic pop song—it's probably not a great idea to repeat yourself. But are you doing it without realizing? Never fear: Ryan, Mike, and Amanda are here with a list of everyday pleonasms to keep an ear out for.

Questions/comments/ideas/snark go in the comments. We love you.

Thing 1: Ryan Davis

Thing 2: Mike Laws

Producer: Amanda Darrach
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Chapters

1. Redundancy, redundancy (00:00:00)

2. If and then (00:02:21)

3. Discernibly noticeable and multiple different (00:13:07)

4. Could potentially, might possibly, might could (00:15:25)

5. Sufficiently large enough (00:18:23)

6. Increasingly more, better, larger, less (00:21:47)

7. Also similar, also same, shared similar (00:24:44)

8. Equally as, first started (00:26:24)

9. Circulating around (00:26:53)

10. Currently + ing (00:27:23)

11. Mesh, weave, braid together (00:29:20)

12. 5am in the morning (00:30:20)

13. Planned operations (00:32:16)

14. Hodgepodge and different (00:34:28)

15. Soothing your pain (00:36:13)

16. Landlords and earphones (00:38:32)

17. The ‘very nature’ of journalism (00:40:43)

18. Show us your etchings (00:42:30)

19. Track changes: Garth Brooks and bagels (00:46:42)