Re: Words You Hate
Well through this discussion I have come to believe that Goliath is right. Preheating is redundant. Cooking instructions could just as well be:
1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Put the food in
instead of
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Put the food in
However
I submit that the redundancy is intentional and purposeful in the same way (as GW pointed out) computer RAM is redundant. It's a failsafe. A way of ensuring that the person reading the instructions is very clear that the heating is to be done prior to putting the food in the oven.
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