I like how you're a CAWK. hehe. Don't make me slap you...

I like how Los properly used the word "manifested" o.O You been studying your vocab books Los!?!

They're both accepted Jim. You're right in the sense that the way you put it is more proper; but at the same time your way is being redundant. By saying manifestED you're already declaring that it's past tense. Even though it sounds less formal, there isn't really a need to declare the tense twice. :-P Not that Los knew anything about that and thought that through before he just started typing away... but I still give him credit for using the word "manifested." rofl

I'd have to call it a fluke.

"Being redundant" in that usage is .. redundant.

Uh... O.o since when is that phrase a redundancy?

"but at the same time your way is redundant" also works, making that way somewhat redundant?

I suppose you could argue that "is being" would be the redundancy rather than "being redundant" since it would be two forms of the verb "To be." But I don't think I've ever come across any type of English expert that has b2een critical about that so idk. I guess it's just up to personal opinion.