More redundancy

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Nov 4, 2012, at 7:41 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Is the leading receiver in terms of yardage also a redundancy?
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> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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>> During the Atlanta-vs.-Dallas football game tonight, the NBC commentator
>> has remarked at least twice that Jason Witten of the Cowboys is "the
>> leading receiver in terms of receptions."

i take Dan G. to be suggesting that "leading receiver in terms of receptions" is to be understood as "leading receiver in terms of number of receptions", which is *not* redundant; number of receptions is only one of several metrics for "leading receiver".

arnold

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