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Redundancy Entry 823 / 1605 60-second read

Descend down vs. Descend

Descend is downward.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

“They descended down the stairs.”

✓ Correct

“They descended the stairs.”

The ruleii

DESCEND = go down.

DE- prefix implies down.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Down is baked in."

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