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Milky Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Redundancy?

In your opinion is "always" redundant here?

""When I go to Joe's Pizza, I always buy Pepperoni."
  

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no, always modifies buy .

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  • no, always modifies buy .
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no, always modifies buy.
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It isn't redundant, because (I assume) you want to accentuate that you buy pepperoni each and every time, not just now and then.
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Marius HancuIt isn't redundant, because (I assume) you want to accentuate that you buy pepperoni each and every time, not just now and then.
But wouldn't "I buy pizza" mean all the time/every time?
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Milky
Marius HancuIt isn't redundant, because (I assume) you want to accentuate that you buy pepperoni each and every time, not just now and then.
But wouldn't "I buy pizza" mean all the time/every time?
No. You might assume that, but it's not crystal clear.
That's why you have adverbs, to qualify/
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Thanks. I'm glad you have confirmed my belief. I posted it on another forum and the traditionalists went bonkers. They insisted that the adverb was not necessary to the message.
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