The bad thing about dealing with words is that one tends to get paranoid with other people's use of words.
A colleague just sent an email notifying the company about someone's new portfolio and jobscope. I quote:
"With immediate effect, XX will take on new added responsibilities, in addition to his existing solutions consultant's role for Asia..."
My bone of contention is with the words "new added". WHY bother using both words when either one would have conveyed the desired meaning? Argh...I can't stand the use of unnecessary words.
Tautology, defined as the "needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy" (dictionary.com), is an editor's greatest nightmare!
Ok, I know I'm becoming a bit neurotic. heh.
Posted by DSD at June 14, 2005 4:18 PMI'm guilty of that. Today I said, "Shall we take a slow stroll to the store?" I caught myself as soon as I finished the question. Very silly thing to say!
Posted by: monoceros at June 15, 2005 11:49 AMi'm guilty of that too... i reckon (and i am not alone in saying so) that we change our minds while articulating/typing/etc the words 'online'... and either we can't go back to erase what we've said... or we forget to go back to check the typing before submitting it...
Posted by: tiggie at June 16, 2005 3:45 AM