Unnecessary Journalism Phrases: 32. Free Gift - 10/5/11

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This has been submitted by several people as their pet-peeves. A gift is “a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present,” therefore, free. We can eliminate ‘free’ before ‘gift,’ as it is unnecessary.

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“Participating businesses have often had raffles and giveaways and the…

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