Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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user107716

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February 28, 2019

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Exact same

  • February 28, 2019, 1:19am

I think the matter's moot... as the use of the word 'exact' is, in and of itself, redundant. Something cannot have degrees of 'same'. Same is same. A near-likeness is a degree of similarity not 'same'.

Exactly is thus no more 'proper' than exact.