Of Time and the Pig
http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2018/01/14/of-time-and-the-pig/ [www.chronicle.com]
2018-01-15 13:41
I would categorize most of the expressions targeted by Lisa Binion and John McIntyre as emphatic redundancies. If you are among the most mindful writers, you tend to avoid them. Sharpshooting them in your own or someone else’s prose can be a moderately satisfying pastime, like picking little pieces of lint off a sweater, or unitalicizing the commas after each book title in a list.