Superfluous Expressions

Word/Phrase - Superfluous

• Until - not
• Unless- not
• Rarely- not
• Hardly- not
• Scarcely- not
• Barely- not
• Forbid- not
• Deny- not
• Prohibit- not
• Without- not
• Lest- not/but for
• Recede- back
• Return- back
• Retract- back
• Withdraw- back
• Recall- back
• May/might- possibly/likely to / probably
• Can/could-able to
• 7pm/ 9:30pm-this evening
• 8am/11am-this morning
• Despite-of
• Suppose- if, in-case, would that
• In case-if, would that, suppose
• Would that- if ,in-case, suppose
• Cousin-  sister/brother
• Spouse- husband/wife
• During- the period
• Reimburse-back
• Repeat-again
• Recapitulate-again
• Recall-again
• Reborn-again
• Rebuilt-again
• Agreement-mutual
• Await-for
• Kindly-please
• Request- please/ kindly
• Rain cats and dogs- like
• Flee- away
• Coward-man/ boy etc
• Twins/ triplet-two/ three
• Friend- mutual
• Agreement- mutual
• Comparatively- better, faster(use positive degree and not comparative
• Superlative- most
• The reason why-because
• Blunder- big/huge
• Tell/told -to
• On the contrary- but
• Enter-into