this morning today

[boboy234567]

I went to the market this morning today.


My friends say "today" is not needed in the sentence.

I just want to know in what situations the word "today" is considered
necessary in my sentence.

Thanks

[Eddie88]

I went to the market today.

Today shows when I went to the market, i.e. today.

In your sentence, however, 'this' already tells the reader that it is today: it is this morning we went, not the other morning.

[OddThomas]

In conversation, which is often very unstructured and not well thought out, you might end up saying something like this:I went to the market in the morning...um...today...er...this morning.
That's very much like what a real English sentence sounds like when someone wants to say something he or she hasn't thought out before speaking. It happens all the time. And the person you are speaking to won't really care that you stumbled, either. Life goes on. :)

[i like]

"I went to the market this morning today.

My friends say "today" is not needed in the sentence."

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However: 'today' is not needed in the writing sentence

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Thank OddThomas, your expression is very easy in though out

[Marius Hancu]

I think I might've heard it once or twice. Quite redundant.

[Rusty]

I think I might've heard it once or twice. Quite redundant.
"I went to the market this morning today."
I have never heard "this morning today."
... at 6:00 a.m. today
... at 6:00 this morning
Both OK.