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Are 'extreme end' and 'plenty big enough ' correct expressions?

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Those of you who try to fault expressions like 'Extreme end' and 'Extreme Limit', saying that they are tautology and  that  they( extreme and end) both mean the same thing and can't be strung together to form an expression.

Biko English language doesn't work well with logic. It works with what is frequently spoken.

You can as well say

'A little bit' is wrong because you can say a bit or a little.

You can also infer that 'Plenty big enough' is wrong...but it is not.

These are accepted English expressions..

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