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OP Wow, we really seem to be starting a trend here in Q&A.
Our paper ran an article about the Board of Trustees at UK having elected a new president for the university. The chairman was quoted as saying the uni. was "lucky and fortunate" to get him.
Is "lucky and fortunate" a redundancy, or is there some nuance I'm missing? I realize that lucky could be taken in some instances to mean sheer happenstance; but in this particular case they chose this man deliberately after a wide search, so sheer happenstance doesn't apply here.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Speaking of differences Jackie 05/05/11 02:46 AM Re: Speaking of differences Candy 05/05/11 04:04 AM Re: Speaking of differences Tromboniator 05/05/11 06:50 AM
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