I’ll think about that more to-morrow.
The To-day and To-morrow series ran to more than 100 volumes in the late 1920s. A lot of common words are younger than we think.
Only if you reverse the polarity.
True, but I have it on good authority that both of the authors of that particular piece are generally well informed on a wide range of topics within their field, as well as extremely handsome.
No true redundancy? Is that anything like no true Scotsman?
In what possible universe is “light emitting diode lights” not redundant? It’s either a light emitting diode or light emitting diodes. LED or LEDs
Jesus, I don’t don’t tend to get pedantic about such things, but can you possibly be serious in your defense against the pedants?
Oh, now that just screams for a cite! 
Fuck. That.
It is the least correct usage. If I say I’m going to the ATM, is there any question as to what I mean by that? Does tacking on “machine” do anything to add clarification?
Just like what was mentioned up thread. Pen is fine. Ink pen is adding an unnecessary and assumed quality to the device. If you are writing with a pen, it’s assumed that it’s one that marks with ink.
If you are going to the Automated Teller Machine, it’s assumed that you are going to a machine. No disambiguation necessary!
Hey, I’m going to the store in my car machine!
I’m going to ride the elevator machine to the next floor!
Ring me up on the cash register machine!
Actually, that’s kinda catchy. Maybe I’ll start using it.
So, if someone yells “Citizen’s arrest!” at me and I ignore them and continue on my way am I then guilty of resisting arrest?
When my children were younger, they would fight against taking naps. One day I called the DA and had charges filed on my son for resisting a rest.
Some paper clips are made of plastic. So neener neener.
Possibly, but probably not. There are so many variables, usually state dependent, that are intermixed with statutes and common law to make the question almost unknowable until all of the facts are sorted out.
Add to it that a person is allowed to use reasonable force to effectuate an arrest, but in many states, a person is allowed to use reasonable force to resist an unlawful arrest, even against police officers.
And an unlawful arrest can turn into a kidnapping or false imprisonment charge.
In response to this, most states have limited citizens’ arrest powers so that two hotheads don’t escalate a misdemeanor situation into a deadly force battle. As others have said, if you make a citizen’s arrest, you had better be damned sure that the other person has committed a crime and be ready to call a lawyer.