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Pleonasm (/ˈpliː.əˌnæzəm/; from
Ancient Gr**** πλεονασμός pleonasmós, from πλέον pléon 'to be in excess') is
redundancy in
linguistic expression, such as...
- they are
common in speech. The
degree to
which there is a need to
avoid pleonasms such as
redundant acronyms depends on one's
balance point of prescriptivism...
- the same
thing twice".
Tautology and
pleonasm are not
consistently differentiated in literature. Like
pleonasm,
tautology is
often considered a fault...
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Pleonasm -
Definition and
Examples of
Pleonasm".
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proof is
either correct or erroneous, and a "rigorous proof" is
simply a
pleonasm.
Where a
special concept of
rigor comes into play is in the socialized...
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phrase "Please RSVP",
which is a case of RAS
syndrome (redundancy) or a
pleonasm, as "s'il vous plait"
means "please".
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Tautology (rule of inference), a rule of
replacement for
logical expressions Pleonasm Redundancy (disambiguation)
Tautological (disambiguation) Tautonym, a scientific...
- for its weather****. The
church is
commonly called the Dome Cathedral, a
pleonasm as the word 'Dome'
comes from the
German Dom
meaning 'cathedral'. The church...
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singular into the
plural form,
because it is not
necessary and
considered a
pleonasm (in
Indonesian often called pemborosan kata).
Personal pronouns are not...
- The
Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the
Perfect English Phrase is a non-fiction book by Mark
Forsyth published in 2013. The book
explains classical...
