In your opinion is "always" redundant here?
""When I go to Joe's Pizza, I always buy Pepperoni."
""When I go to Joe's Pizza, I always buy Pepperoni."
Redundancy?
No. It's emphasizing that you Always buy pepperoni. It's more natural sounding that simply: ""When I go to Joe's Pizza, I buy Pepperoni." unless you want to add something onto the end such as "because pepperoni is the best topping in the world."
Personally, I think that 'redundancy' is very important in conversation. I know it can be extremely annoying, but it also gives people an opportunity to think, and it repeats a message, so that it is clearly understood.
My mother is the expert of meaningless conversations in which she does really say anything, and does not really hear what I am saying either. (No comments please !!!)
My mother is the expert of meaningless conversations in which she does really say anything, and does not really hear what I am saying either. (No comments please !!!)
<My mother is the expert of meaningless conversations in which she does really say anything, and does not really hear what I am saying either. (No comments please !!!) >
Sorry? Did you say something, Robin?
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Sorry? Did you say something, Robin?
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It's not redundant at all; it's an important qualifier. It changes the meaning of the sentence significantly from say, "I SOMETIMES buy pepperoni" or even "I USUALLY buy pepperoni".
Yes, you can simply say "I buy pepperoni" and it would semantically mean the same thing as "I always buy pepperoni", but most people are unconsciously using ALWAYS in that context to acknowledge and point out that there is a whole range of other alternatives (sometimes, never, occasionally, usually, etc.) and they are emphasizing their particular option -- always. So with one word they are implying more than they are actually saying.
Yes, you can simply say "I buy pepperoni" and it would semantically mean the same thing as "I always buy pepperoni", but most people are unconsciously using ALWAYS in that context to acknowledge and point out that there is a whole range of other alternatives (sometimes, never, occasionally, usually, etc.) and they are emphasizing their particular option -- always. So with one word they are implying more than they are actually saying.