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I would like to know whether the usage of "also" followed by "and" is grammatically correct.

Even if it's grammatically correct I want to know if one of the words is redundant there.

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I have attached the sample experience letter and also my relieving letter from the company.

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    It can be heard in informal speech, but I would probably steer clear in a professional note. You can delete "also". However, when people want a stronger word than "and" to draw attention to the change of list item, they often dispense with "and" and write "as well as", preceded by a comma. (But that reads - to me, at least - like an unnecessarily long way of saying "and".)
    – Luke Sawczak
    Jul 2, 2017 at 12:30

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It can be heard in informal speech, but I would probably steer clear in a professional note. You can delete "also". However, when people want a stronger word than "and" to draw attention to the change of list item, they often dispense with "and" and write "as well as", preceded by a comma. (But that reads - to me, at least - like an unnecessarily long way of saying "and".) – Luke Sawczak

Using just "and" suggest two items of roughly equal importance. Using "and also" suggests that the second item is supplementary to the first.

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