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From: goutal@decvax.UUCP (Kenneth G. "Kenn" Goutal)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: "rate of speed" rankles
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Date: Fri, 27-May-83 16:36:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 27 16:36:04 1983
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Re: phrases that rankle

Can't resist...

	"rate of speed"

Seems to me that "speed" is a rate of travel or motion,
thus the "rate of" is redundant.  I believe this falls
into the category someone has dubbed "baby puppies" --
like oxymorons, only the other way around.

-- Kenn (decvax!goutal)