English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
REDUNDANCY
He didn’t pay my ~transport fare~ (nonstandard).
He didn’t pay my *fare* (standard).
A fare is the money that you pay for a journey that you make, for example, in a bus, train, or taxi. So, you can talk about *taxi fare*, *air fare*, *train fare*, but transport fare is redundant.
He didn’t give me the ~instructional manual~ (nonstandard).
He didn’t give me the *manual* (standard).
He didn’t give me the *instruction manual* (standard).
A manual is a book which tells you how to do something or how a piece of machinery works.
GAB
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