Another Call-and-Response Riff

Back in January I ran a comic about this riff (search for “shave” in the search box on the right) and just ran into this variation. Last panel:

Do you know any others? Put ’em in the comments.

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A redundancy is when two (or more) words that mean the same thing appear in a sentence, and one of the words is unnecessary. This redundancy is so common, most people don’t notice it. Can you spot it?

Yup, it’s “tiny little.” Do you ever say that?

I have mentioned the common goof regarding “less” and “few.” Here’s the same problem, only with different words. Last panel:

So when you’re counting, use “number,” when you’re measuring use “amount.”

I ran into it on Quora…

One day, I asked my English Teacher, “Why do we ignore some letters in pronunciation eg. the letter H in Hour, Honour, etc…”

My English Teacher said, ” We are not ignoring them; they’re considered silent”

( I was even more confused )

During the lunch break, my Teacher gave me her packed lunch and asked me to heat it in the Cafeteria. I ate all the food and returned her the empty container.

My English Teacher: “What happened? I told you to go and HEAT my food, you are returning me an empty container.”

I replied, “Ma’am, I thought ‘H’ was silent.”

Ugh. The student must have English as their second language…

Remember—when you’re counting, use “fewer.” When you’re measuring, use “less.” She used the wrong word.

Their definition of “shrinkflation” is okay, though. Same price, less product.