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Originally Posted by Erik Olson
Back to redundancies, plan ahead is a common offender
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I don't know if I agree that "plan ahead" is a redundancy that ought to be avoided. I think it conveys a meaning that "plan" alone would often not convey. "Be sure to plan ahead" certainly sounds more natural to me than "Be sure to plan." Or, "I suspected it might rain, so I brought my umbrella. I'm glad I planned ahead." Wouldn't that last sentence sound a bit awkward if you left out "ahead"?