The Accidents of Style: Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly by Charles Harrington Elster

Author:Charles Harrington Elster [Elster, Charles Harrington]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

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Accident 217

Don’t congregate together or congregate in groups

The word congregate means “to gather or come together in a crowd, assemble in large numbers,” so pairing together or group with congregate is redundant: “When children get sick with the flu they tend to spread it quickly because they congregate together” (WALA-TV, Alabama); “Students should stay home and not congregate in large groups for 7–10 days, according to the health department” (San Diego Unified School District website).

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