Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1904 — Needless Adjectives. [ARTICLE]

Needless Adjectives.

“Say, pa,” queried little Johnny Bumpernickle, “what’s a redundancy of expression?” “Using more words than are necessary to express one's meaning, my son,” replied the old man, “such as ‘wealthy plumber,’ ‘wealthy coal dealer,’ etc.”