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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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all night long or just all night?

0One of my teachers said we should say only "all night," not "all night long," because the latter would be redundant? However, we hear all night long all the time? Should it be spoken only?0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00One of my teachers said we should say only "all night," not "all night long," because the latter would be redundant? 02font 00I don't agree with your teacher. We often say things that are redundant.

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00One of my teachers said we should say only "all night," not "all night long," because the latter would be redundant?
  • 02font 00I don't agree with your teacher.
  • We often say things that are redundant.
  • We are people, not machines.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00However, we hear all night long all the time?
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01font00One of my teachers said we should say only "all night," not "all night long," because the latter would be redundant? 02font00I don't agree with your teacher. We often say things that are redundant. We are people, not machines. In addition, there can be reasons for redundancy, eg to add emphasis, as in this exampl
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0 It is certainly a way of adding emphasis. As you say, we do use a lot of redundancies for this purpose. 0-
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