6 Responses to "Superfluous pleonasms"
1 | Pentad
October 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 am
Oi. I’m sure I’m guilty of this. I’ll be more careful. Thanks.
2 | legbamel
I don’t know about “from whence”, Rob. I regard that as a colloquialism rather than redundant speech. World Wide Words http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fro2.htm makes that argument as well and points out the phrases use as far back as the thirteenth century. These days, I’d say that the proper use would be more likely to disrupt your audience’s concentration than the phrase. It depends on the sentence and the setting, but as a rule I use “from whence”, especially when referring to super-villains from heck. 
3 | Robin Easton
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Oh well, might as well burn me at the stake. I’m guilty on all counts!!!:) Just give me some ‘advance warning’ before you light the fire! Hugs to you my friend. Just came by to pester you! 
Robin
4 | Sunshine
Thanks for the post… I really, really enjoyed your blog….
was the post a deliberate mistake? Good stuff… thanks
5 | Lulubelle B
Hi Rob -
How ’bout these?
> general consensus
> The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Lulu
6 | Billy the D
right out of the “department of the redundancy department”.
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