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PUP Math Max (known as the PUP Nationwide Search for Math wizard) is a mathematics contest open to
all students in the tertiary level all over the country. Its purpose is to promote and enhance
mathematics excellence through healthy competition among the students. The contest is an annual
one, held in time with the PUP College of Science foundation week celebration.
Percival Byron S. Bueser, a second year nursing student of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila,
clinched the grand prize in the recently concluded PUP Math Max 2008 (Pushing to the Limit). Other
winners include Joselito Torculas, second place, of the Adamson University, and Antonio Valente G.
Macarilay of the Technological Institute of the Philippines as the third place.
This years PUP Math Max, was held on July 26, 2008, culminating the College of Science's 15th Year
Founding Anniversary Celebration, at the Bulwagang Balagtas, Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning
Resource Center. It was considered a huge success with 134 participants from 34 colleges and
universities all over the country. The event was chaired by Prof. Aurea Z. Rosal.
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Redundant Phrases
How often have your heard a friend say something like this: "It is a free gift.", but how could a gift be
anything but free? You would surely feel it to be an unfair use of word "gift" if you were to be charged
for it!
Have you ever forgotten your PIN Number for the ATM Machine?The problem, of course, is that PIN
means Personal Identification Number, so you don't need to say "Number" afterwards. In fact, it's quite
wrong to do so, for what is a Personal Identification Number Number? It's probably the telephone
number you have to call if you have forgotten your PIN.
ATM machine is also redundant because ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine. So when you say
ATM machine, it means Automated Teller Machine machine.
Most of us are guilty of making such errors.These redundant expressions and acronyms are called
pleonasms. Some common ones are in the list below. Remove the superfluous words (in brackets) and
you will not subtract from the overall meaning of the expression.
(actual) experience
(advance) planning
(advance) reservations
(advance) warning
all meet (together)
(armed) gunman
at (12) midnight
at (12) noon
autobiography (of my life)
(awkward) predicament
(baby) boy was born
(basic) fundamentals
cease (and desist)
cheap (price)
(close) proximity
cold (temperature)
commute (back and forth)
consensus (of opinion)
(difficult) dilemma
each (and every)
(empty) space
(end) result
estimated (roughly) at
filled (to capacity)
(free) gift
(frozen) ice
(general) public
green (in color)
join (together)
(natural) instinct
never (at any time)
(null and) void
(pair of) twins
(past) experience
(poisonous) venom
(pre-)recorded
reason is (because)
(regular) routine
(small) speck
(suddenly) exploded
surrounded (on all sides)
(unexpected) surprise
A.M. in the -
morning Ante Meridiem in the morning (lit. before noon in the morning)
ATM machine - Automated Teller Machine machine
CAD design - Computer-Aided Design design
CNN news
network - Cable News Network news network
DC current - Direct Current current
DMZ zone - Demilitarized Zone zone
DOS operating
system - Disk Operating System operating system
GMT time - Greenwich Mean Time time
HIV virus - Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus
HTML language - Hypertext Markup Language language
LAN network - Local Area Network network
LCD display - Liquid Crystal Display display
PC Computer - Personal Computer computer
PIN number - Personal Identification Number number
Please RSVP - please Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (lit. please reply please)
RAM memory - Random-Access Memory memory
SCSI interface - Small Computer System Interface interface
all students in the tertiary level all over the country. Its purpose is to promote and enhance
mathematics excellence through healthy competition among the students. The contest is an annual
one, held in time with the PUP College of Science foundation week celebration.
Percival Byron S. Bueser, a second year nursing student of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila,
clinched the grand prize in the recently concluded PUP Math Max 2008 (Pushing to the Limit). Other
winners include Joselito Torculas, second place, of the Adamson University, and Antonio Valente G.
Macarilay of the Technological Institute of the Philippines as the third place.
This years PUP Math Max, was held on July 26, 2008, culminating the College of Science's 15th Year
Founding Anniversary Celebration, at the Bulwagang Balagtas, Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning
Resource Center. It was considered a huge success with 134 participants from 34 colleges and
universities all over the country. The event was chaired by Prof. Aurea Z. Rosal.
--------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------
Redundant Phrases
How often have your heard a friend say something like this: "It is a free gift.", but how could a gift be
anything but free? You would surely feel it to be an unfair use of word "gift" if you were to be charged
for it!
Have you ever forgotten your PIN Number for the ATM Machine?The problem, of course, is that PIN
means Personal Identification Number, so you don't need to say "Number" afterwards. In fact, it's quite
wrong to do so, for what is a Personal Identification Number Number? It's probably the telephone
number you have to call if you have forgotten your PIN.
ATM machine is also redundant because ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine. So when you say
ATM machine, it means Automated Teller Machine machine.
Most of us are guilty of making such errors.These redundant expressions and acronyms are called
pleonasms. Some common ones are in the list below. Remove the superfluous words (in brackets) and
you will not subtract from the overall meaning of the expression.
(actual) experience
(advance) planning
(advance) reservations
(advance) warning
all meet (together)
(armed) gunman
at (12) midnight
at (12) noon
autobiography (of my life)
(awkward) predicament
(baby) boy was born
(basic) fundamentals
cease (and desist)
cheap (price)
(close) proximity
cold (temperature)
commute (back and forth)
consensus (of opinion)
(difficult) dilemma
each (and every)
(empty) space
(end) result
estimated (roughly) at
filled (to capacity)
(free) gift
(frozen) ice
(general) public
green (in color)
join (together)
(natural) instinct
never (at any time)
(null and) void
(pair of) twins
(past) experience
(poisonous) venom
(pre-)recorded
reason is (because)
(regular) routine
(small) speck
(suddenly) exploded
surrounded (on all sides)
(unexpected) surprise
A.M. in the -
morning Ante Meridiem in the morning (lit. before noon in the morning)
ATM machine - Automated Teller Machine machine
CAD design - Computer-Aided Design design
CNN news
network - Cable News Network news network
DC current - Direct Current current
DMZ zone - Demilitarized Zone zone
DOS operating
system - Disk Operating System operating system
GMT time - Greenwich Mean Time time
HIV virus - Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus
HTML language - Hypertext Markup Language language
LAN network - Local Area Network network
LCD display - Liquid Crystal Display display
PC Computer - Personal Computer computer
PIN number - Personal Identification Number number
Please RSVP - please Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (lit. please reply please)
RAM memory - Random-Access Memory memory
SCSI interface - Small Computer System Interface interface
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I cant help but get excited each time I think that we only have seven
months to go for the big day, "Graduation Day". We all have one goals
right now, it is to finished college. There is always the question like,
"What will you do when you've graduated from college"?. The transition
into and out of college can be both exciting and scary. There will be new
challenges, oppurtunities, unwritten rules and embarssment around every
corner. Are we really prepared for life after our diploma? For job hunts and
ultimately, our first real job?
Iam a working student for almost four years, and based on my own
experience, the real world can be a very strange place...
(continues)
I cant help but get excited each time I think that we only have seven
months to go for the big day, "Graduation Day". We all have one goals
right now, it is to finished college. There is always the question like,
"What will you do when you've graduated from college"?. The transition
into and out of college can be both exciting and scary. There will be new
challenges, oppurtunities, unwritten rules and embarssment around every
corner. Are we really prepared for life after our diploma? For job hunts and
ultimately, our first real job?
Iam a working student for almost four years, and based on my own
experience, the real world can be a very strange place...
(continues)
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