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Redundancy Entry 837 / 1605 60-second read

Lag behind vs. Lag

LAG means to fall behind.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

“Sales lag behind forecast.”

✓ Correct

“Sales lag forecast.”

The ruleii

LAG = fall behind.

Behind is redundant.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Lag = behind."

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