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"accidentally come across"? #1 (permalink) Sun May 25, 2008 16:25 pm   "accidentally come across"?
 

Hi,
Can we say "accidentally come across"? I wonder about this because the phrase "come across" itself has the meaning of "find unexpectedly"...

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"accidentally come across"? #2 (permalink) Mon May 26, 2008 3:35 am   "accidentally come across"?
 

I agree with you. It's a reduplication.
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"accidentally come across"? #3 (permalink) Mon May 26, 2008 9:51 am   "accidentally come across"?
 

I agree.
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