Redundant word usage

Redundant word usage is rampant!

As a writer, I am chagrined when words get misused and one particular miscreant is redundant word usage.

Here are examples:

1. “As I re-listened to these interviews for a second time…”

2. “That just my personal opinion!”

3. “Repeat again…”

4. “As a child I was raised by parents who…”

5. “a personal friend”

These are phrases and sentences that I read or heard today (in the space of one hour!) that lead me to want to send the writer/speaker a note to suggest...