Question

Questions 1–10: Identify each redundant expression. Some sentences contain no redundancies. 1. Weather conditions forced the regional managers to postpone their trip to the home office until later. 2. They hope to return back to the field office within a week. 3. He is looking forward to his first vacation in three years. 4. I thought her statement was pure and undiluted impudence. 5. There’s an excellent public library only a few blocks from our house. 6. We passed by the warehouse on our way to the new manufacturing plant. 7. The consensus of opinion was that Sarah had told the honest truth. 8. One necessary requirement for success in business is a command of the language. 9. Because of galactic dust, light that’s visible to the eye can’t reach Earth from the center of the Milky Way. 10. If you repeat your request again in a louder tone, perhaps the salesclerk will be able to hear you

Answer 1

1 - postpone ... until later
2 - return back
3 - none
4 - none
5 - none 
6 - none (I'm not so sure about the "new manufacturing" but as I've searched "new construction, new innovation" are redundant expressions)
7 - the consensus of opinion
8 - necessary requirement
9 - visible to the eye
10 - repeat ... again

Answer 2

Answer:

Redundancy, in writing, and oral communication, comes from the unnecessary use of synonym words, or synonym clauses and expressions, as if the person wished to ascertain the message he/she is sending. These redundancies come from the use of these synonym words, and which, if taken out of a sentence, or paragraph, would not alter the meaning and message of the sentence. As thus, the answers to these sentences would be:

1. Postpone and until later. Both give the idea of a later time, something being moved for after, so, there is no need to use them togerher in one sentence.

2. Return and Back. Both words have the same use and same meaning here, so it is redundant.

3. None.

4. None.

5. None.

6. None.

7. Honest and truth: This one is explained by the fact that truth, telling the truth, already implies honesty. One does not go without the other, so you do not need to mention that the truth is honest.

8. None.

9. None.

10. Repeat and Again: It is unnecessary to mention the word again, because repeat already implies the idea that again also signifies. They do not need to go together.