Sunday, January 3, 2010

Los Angeles Daily News: Rose Parade dress rehearsal


The first Rose Parades featured flower-covered horse-drawn carriages, and related events included polo matches and bronco-busting demonstrations, according to the Tournament of Roses Web site.

In more modern times, officials for the past 20 years or so have organized a separate equestrian event the week before the parade, said Asman. The location and format evolved over time, solidifying into Equestfest, which has been held for the past seven years, she added.

The Department is a big fan of properly executing the term Web site, so this citation for redundancy will contain less snarkiness than the usual post. Credit for good behavior, as it were.

The problem? Evolve means to undergo a process of change or development. Clearly, any process has a time element. So saying something has "evolved over time" is like saying it has "changed over time over time." It's safe to simply say evolved.

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