vivekvijayan wrote:EducationAisle wrote:Indeed, as Mitch rightly pointed out, and also cannot be considered redundant. Another officially correct sentence:
The organic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign - using websites, public meetings , and also mass mailings - that has convinced the Department of agriculture to change the proposed federal regulations for organically grown food
Hi Ashish,
In the example you mentioned, why can't and also be considered redundant. Isn't "also" unnecessary. Can't the meaning be conveyed with just an "and"?
X and also Y.
In this construction,
also is used for emphasis: it serves to indicate that Y is somehow notable.
OA:
The organic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign -- using websites, public meetings, and also mass mailings.
Here,
also serves to indicate that the use of
mass mailings is somehow notable.
In short:
and also is NOT considered redundant.
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