AVOID USING THESE REDUNDANT EXPRESSIONS

      

     A group of words in which at least one word is unnecessary because it's presence or absence does not affect the meaning that's already contained in the other word is known as a redundant expression.

          Here are some redundant expressions you should avoid using:

1. They are constantly working on new innovations in the business. An innovation is ‘a new method, idea, product, etc.’, so there's no need to use new to describe one. You should say: They are constantly working on innovations in the business.

2. The two twins are intelligent. As for twins, there can only ever be two of them. You should simply say:  The twins are intelligent.

3. The events will start at 11 a.m. on thefollowing dates below:

 It's not necessary to say below since you already used following.

4. It was a strange place for both of us to be, given our past histories. A person's history is the whole series of past events connected with them. There's no need to use the adjective past in this sentence because this meaning is already contained in the noun history. If you remove the adjective, the meaning of the sentence is unaffected:

It was a strange place for both of us to be, given our histories.

5. The reason for this is because nobody cares. Because means ‘for the reason that’: there's no need to include it in this sentence since this idea has already been expressed. The sentence should read:

The reason for this is that nobody cares.

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