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Thursday, January 07, 2010

Rethinking 10 Phrases

  1. Each and every: Why not just say each or every?
  2. Whole nother: What does "nother" mean?
  3. Lip sing: You mean lip sync?
  4. Free of charge: Why not just free?
  5. Free gift: Aren't all gifts free?
  6. People that: Should be people who.
  7. Off of: Just off.
  8. At this point in time: Why not say now?
  9. In order to: Why not just to?
  10. Very (followed by any word): How fast is very fast? How far is very far? How good is very good? 

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