http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DriverFinedPunishmentViolating-TrafficRules/gwkvl/post.htm#543399Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:29:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:543399RayH0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DriverFinedPunishmentViolating-TrafficRules/gwkvl/post.htm#543399http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-543399.xml<br /><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Angliholic</strong></div><div><span>The driver was fined <strong>as a&nbsp;punishment</strong> for violating the traffic rules.<br /><br /><br /><br />Hi,<br />Is the bolded part in the above redundant to you? Thanks.</span><div></div></div></BLOCKQUOTE><br />I suppose, strictly speaking, it is redundant but it&#39;s not an uncommon formulation. You will see it more commonly without the article.<br /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DriverFinedPunishmentViolating-TrafficRules/gwkvj/post.htmSat, 19 Jul 2008 03:24:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:543397Angliholic1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DriverFinedPunishmentViolating-TrafficRules/gwkvj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-543397.xml<span>The driver was fined <strong>as a&nbsp;punishment</strong> for violating the traffic rules.<br /><br /><br /><br />Hi,<br />Is the bolded part in the above redundant to you? Thanks.</span><div style="clear:both;"></div>