Sexy Grammar

Another word about prepositions, because I know that’s what really drives the traffic to my site:

Why do we Americans insist on adding one where there needs be none?  I mean, I understand a preposition’s use with verbs like get, make, or take.  But it baffles me when people say things like, “Let’s reflect back on our week.”  Doesn’t reflect already mean ‘look back’?  Can’t you just say, “Let’s reflect on our week”?

Same with refer.  Just refer.  Don’t ‘refer back’.

Or another one, ‘continue on’.  How else would you continue but on?

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