Five Redundant Phrases That Make Us All a Little Poorer

These redundant phrases need to be deleted from your lexicon.by Dave SegalWhat's wrong with this picture? A couple of things, actually.
Despite the best efforts of William Safire, Edwin Newman, and John Simon (surely you've read all of their language-centric books), certain irksome phrases have somehow entered common parlance, like black mold in your shower caulking. They may initially seem innocuous, but if you start paying close attention, their redundancy begins to reek. Once you become consc