Timeline for What is the difference between "every" and "every single" ("every last")?
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| Oct 22, 2015 at 5:03 | comment | added | V.V. | I am not quite sure what your meaning of "redundant " includes.I wouldn't use the word because though there seems to be no additional meaning an additional usage is obvious. | |
| Oct 21, 2015 at 19:32 | comment | added | V.V. | Dictionary of American Idioms.Every single(last) used for emphasis. | |
| Oct 21, 2015 at 15:52 | comment | added | Brent Washburne |
+1 for the reference, but Merriam-Webster gives the same definition for the word "every": being each individual or part of a group without exception. So isn't the word "single" redundant?
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| Oct 21, 2015 at 14:55 | history | answered | V.V. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |