THÀNH NGỮ BÁO CHÍ ANH MỸ

Basic fundamentals/essentials: Fundamentals and essentials are by their nature elementary, so remove basic from each phrase.

(Filled to) capacity: Something filled is done so to capacity, so describing something as “filled to capacity” is repetitive.

Came at a time when: When provides the necessary temporal reference to the action of coming; “at a time” is redundant.

Close proximity/scrutiny: Proximity means “close in location,” and scrutiny means “close study,” so avoid qualifying these terms with close.

Collaborate/join/meet/merge together: If you write of a group that collaborates or meets together, you imply that there’s another way to collect or confer. To speak of joining or merging together is, likewise, redundant.

Completely filled/finished/opposite: Something that is filled or finished is thoroughly so; completelyis redundant. Something that is opposite isn’t necessarily diametrically opposed, especially in qualitative connotations, but the modifier is still extraneous.

Consensus of opinion: A consensus is an agreement but not necessarily one about an opinion, so “consensus of opinion” is not purely redundant, but the phrase “of opinion” is usually unnecessary.