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0 pointslijok1mo ago0 comments

There’s one comment as of the time of your post that makes this assumption - you could have replied to them directly.

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manwithnoplan1mo ago· 4 in thread

It is implicitly implied in many comments.

“Implicitly implied” is redundant. Either of these phrasings would suffice:

> It is implicit in many comments.

> It is implied in many comments.

Well, it's called "tautology" and it's a perfectly valid rhetorical device.

wazdra1mo ago

A tautology is a sentence vacuously true. This is called a pleonasm.

lijokOP1mo ago

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