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GCheng620 Posted 14 years ago
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"same exact"/"exact same"?

I hear people say "same exact something" all the time these days which I highly doubt if it's even correct.
I personally think it should be "exact same" instead.
Just making sure, am I right, though?
  

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Both are idiomatic, but technically, exact is redundant, since if something is the same, it's naturally identical. The same goes for exactly the same. Just same is sufficient.
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Aspara GusBoth are idiomatic, but technically, exact is redundant, since if something is the same, it's naturally identical. The same goes for exactly the same. Just same is sufficient.
Aspara GusBoth are idiomatic, but technically, exact is redundant, since if something is the same, it's naturally identical. The same goes for exactly
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GCheng620I think the purpose of adding "exact" to the expression is to emphasize …
True.
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