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7/31/2019 Common Redundancies

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Interactive English


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Most Redundancies We

Should Avoid

Repeat it again say that again

Color yellow yellow

Month of January January

Reason whyis

becauseReason is

Irregardless regardless


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Despite of despite

Free gift free or gift

8AM in the morning8AM / 8 in the

morning

8PM in the evening8PM / 8 in the

evening

12 pm noon / 12 ammidnight

noon / midnight


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regarding aboutabout / with regard

to

moral lesson moral or lesson

a pleasant goodmorning

good morning

If, in case if or in case

Not unless unless


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Filipinoisms We Should Avoid

say Ill see you

there, I have to r

un along or

See you later

You can use it for as long as there

is something you intend to do

after saying it like Ill go ahead

and buy that CD. or You can go

ahead and do what you want.


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We use the word tosignify travelling by means ofpublic transportation. The

dictionary meaning is simply totravel regularly from one point toanother by ANY means.

use classes teams

or groups.for things (e.g. batch of

cookies)


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use restroom , toilet,bathroom, ladies room and the

like

use refrigerator or fridge

use picking upsomeone


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found on signs marking an areawhere many accidents have

occurred. Idiomatically, however,it is a who is prone toaccidents, not an area. In othercountries, the sign reads,

use Pardonme? or Could you say that one

more time please?


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say themeeting is still on or the

meeting has been cancelled

say turn on / off the light

is used to mean

exasperation as in Quit already!Youve been bugging me the whole

day! Avoid placing already at

the end of the sentence (e.g.

Finished already?)


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use turn down orturn up the volume

for get off or get on

the bus or car, just say get off thecab

say please hold orjust a moment please

on the phoneshould be ask for me. It is more

acceptable in a face-to-face situation.


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should be stand inline or stand on line, because you

literally stand waiting for your turn

should be air conditioner,air - conditioning or AC

the dictionary entryis routine for both noun and

adjective

should be refillable


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usually calledsneakers in America andrunners in Canada

use working with


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the phrase shouldbe followed by the preposition to or

could be better stated as to be fair

to or all things being equal. These

phrases are often followed by ajustifying statement ( e.g. To be fairto Ella, she is loving mother despite

her being snotty most of the time).


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Mahalo.

Prepared by:

Miss Lilian May S. Ando

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