In a fit of redundancy, CVS announced this week that it was celebrating its “50-Year Anniversary.” Actually, the ad in which it made the announcement didn’t use the hyphen, but
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How ‘ongoing’ creates an ongoing redundancy
Police officials toss out “ongoing” with a reverence usually reserved for words that actually mean something. I have no problem with the word in principle. After you’ve heard “ongoing investigation”
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Let’s consider the possibilities of this product. It’s genuine, which means it’s authentic. It’s authentic, which means it’s genuine. I assume it’s real, too, so that would make it real
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File this one under “redundancies.” You whip up some French toast and explain that it’s easy to take on the go. That is, it travels well. But “travel on the
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This is Webb, Jack Webb. He wasn’t a detective, but he played one on TV. Jack Webb as Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday on “Dragnet” He was a good
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