I had to look that word up...tautologies
Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
An instance of such repetition.
Logic. An empty or vacuous statement composed of simpler statements in a fashion that makes it logically true whether the simpler statements are factually true or false; for example, the statement Either it will rain tomorrow or it will not rain tomorrow.
I'm off to find some beer !
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Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:04,
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Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
An instance of such repetition.
Logic. An empty or vacuous statement composed of simpler statements in a fashion that makes it logically true whether the simpler statements are factually true or false; for example, the statement Either it will rain tomorrow or it will not rain tomorrow.
I'm off to find some beer !
i think the word 'pleonasm'is better suited to the first sense - it's purpose built after all. the word 'tautology', in my humble opinion, ought to be kept for logical tautologies. i think it gets confusing otherwise.
here ends my suggested improvement to the english language #93758. thank you.
(here ends my suggested improvement to the english language #93758. thank you.
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Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:11,
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cough..Ok, I meant oxymoron. But the beer types faster than I can
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Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:13,
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pleonasm - Word of the day !That was Dictionary.com's "Word of the day" on Tuesday January 8, 2002 (are you on the voting panel?) click here.
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Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:20,
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See...B3ta is educational as well!
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Sat 26 Oct 2002, 23:12,
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