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A redundant phrase

Posted on Sunday, May 2, 2010 in Misused words and expressions

He is a man who.

A common type of redundant expression.

Poor: He is a man who is very ambitious.
Better: He is very ambitious.

Poor: Spain is a country which I have always wanted to visit.
Better: I have always wanted to visit Spain.

From: William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style, 1918.

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