Stray peeve

[davidlevine]

This peeve just wandered in and I'm wondering if I want to adopt it as a pet: people who write redundant things like "$25 dollars." I've seen it in several professionally-produced ads from reputable companies and it just makes me shake my head in sorrow.

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

One of my pets is the "have got" construction -- "We've got what you want!" Arrrrgh!

[davidlevine]

I think that's legitimate in British, though not in American.

[bibliofile.livejournal.com]

I should think that that construction is more American, as Brits don't love "got" quite so much as we do.

Still, it's better than "We got ... !"