There's been a "mass exodus of Syrians," one of NPR.org's headlines declared earlier this month. President Obama said in August that the U.S. should boost domestic energy production and rely less on ...

Suppose that you hold an option that must be exercised “within 30 days prior to the expiration of the option”. Does this mean that you must exercise the option no later than thirty days before the ...

A couple of columns ago we discussed “unnecessary” words, taking a swipe at legalese in particular for piling word upon phrase to say the simplest things. There's a particular term for the use of ...

In the “Ghostbusters” movies, the eponymous heroes blast ghosts and otherworldly beings with their proton packs, and the ghosts explode into a mess of slimy green ghost goo. This goo is called ...

Each week The Sun’s John McIntyre presents a moderately obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar — another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week’s word: ...

The word pleonasm describes phrases that use more words than necessary to get across a point. Sometimes a pleonasm is used for effect. Other times it's just redundant. Here are some examples people ...

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Thursday, April 2, 2020 Pleonasm (noun) : the use of more words than necessary Yahoo Sports ...