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Old 20-Aug-2009, 23:49
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12 midnight
12 noon
3 am in the morning
Absolutely spectacular/ phenomenal
A person who is honest
A total of 14 birds
Biography of her life
Circle around
Close proximity
Completely unanimous
Consensus of opinion
Cooperate together
Each and every
Enclosed herewith
End result
Exactly the same
Final completion
Frank and honest exchange
Free gift
He/ she is a person who…
Important / basic essentials
In spite of the fact that
In the field of economics/ law enforcement
In the event that
Job functions
New innovations
One and the same
Particular interest
Period of four days
Personally, I think/ feel
Personal opinion
Puzzling in nature
Refer back
Repeat again
Return again
Revert back
Shorter/ longer in length
Small/ large in size
Square/ round/ rectangular in shape
Summarize briefly
Surrounded on all sides
Surrounding circumstances
The future to come
There in no doubt but that
Usual/ habitual custom
We are in receipt of
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Old 21-Aug-2009, 19:27
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Sorry. 12 noon and 12 midnight are not redundant. Those are different times.

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Well, when I only say mindnight, it automatically means 12 in the night, similarly noon in itself means 12 in afternoon. Thus instead of using !2 midnight or 12 Noon, one can say midnight or noon.
Dont you agree??
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Old 21-Aug-2009, 20:55
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Yes, if you say "midnight" there is no reason to add anything.

(Two I would like to abolish are "close proximity" and "end result". (There is no end result. There are always other results.))


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Some speakers construct sentences like "The end result of our discussion was not as expected" over here the usage of end result is redundant and only result would do...
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