For what it’s worth, I always prefer being redundant if it makes the meaning clearer to a non-native speaker audience.
For instance I didn’t know “pandemic” implicitly meant “global”. In my ignorance I thought you could have a localized pandemic. But by saying “global pandemic” it makes it more obvious to everyone, including those who, like me, didn’t know.
Also I’ll personally keep saying “my phone had an LCD display” because it feels smoother than “my phone has a LCD”.
For what it’s worth, I always prefer being redundant if it makes the meaning clearer to a non-native speaker audience.
For instance I didn’t know “pandemic” implicitly meant “global”. In my ignorance I thought you could have a localized pandemic. But by saying “global pandemic” it makes it more obvious to everyone, including those who, like me, didn’t know.
Also I’ll personally keep saying “my phone had an LCD display” because it feels smoother than “my phone has a LCD”.
I think a “localized pandemic” is an epidemic.
Ah right, that makes sense. Today I learned.
“LCD screen” might satisfy you and be non-redundant.
Even for native speakers! If I told my parents to get a new LCD they’d think I was telling them to buy drugs.