A redundant word or phrase is sometimes referred to as a pleonasm or a tautology. I am less interested in the technical term than I am in suppressing the habit, even if it is sometimes good for a laugh while I'm correcting your work.
The world is full of examples, so here are some at random:
The teacher failed to notice the dead corpse of the student turning green in the front row (as opposed to the live one? Get rid of the word dead)
He could potentially become a great singer (Could already means potentially)
She crawled on all fours (Yup, that's basically how you crawl)
He turned the volume down lower (If you can turn it down higher, check your remote control)
Learning English is more preferable to studying Latin (Use preferable only - it already means more)
The resolution was unanimously passed by everyone (That's what unanimous means - it would not be unanimous without the support of everyone)
He's brilliant at predicting the football results in advance (He's useless at predicting them backwards? Get rid of in advance)
People care only about the outcome of the results (outcome=results -- remove one of them)
He is equally as bad at essay-writing as he is at breakdancing (as bad...as; no need for equally)
You can't fool all of the people all of the time (see all of - but you can probably do without the of in both cases)
Sometime we may even find three expressions vying to do the one job:
Both Pietro and Maria share a hatred of grammar in common (If it's in common, then, sure, they share it and they both have it. Write P & Maria have a hatred of grammar in common or Both P & M hate grammar or P&M share a hatred of grammar).
Sometimes students deliberately introduce a tautology - a repetition of a concept - for the sake of emphasis or "style", e.g. each and every; if and when; in any shape or form; unless and until; save and except; of any sort or kind.
Don't.
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