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To: Popocatapetl
Each and every ...

My most despised redundancy. Why not just say "Each non-OS software package .... " or "Every non-OS software package ... "? It means the same and is grammatically correct?

72 posted on 10/21/2007 9:56:05 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)
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To: Mind-numbed Robot

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-determiners-each-every.htm

Determiners: Each, Every

Each and every have similar but not always identical meanings...


77 posted on 10/22/2007 6:40:19 AM PDT by Popocatapetl
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