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0 pointsmanwithnoplan1mo ago0 comments

It is implicitly implied in many comments.

0 pointsmanwithnoplan1mo ago0 comments

It is implicitly implied in many comments.

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wwalexander1mo ago· 4 in thread

“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.

Was about to post the same thing. It is indeed the under-appreciated pleonasm rather than a tautology.

Yes, mixed the two. Point stands though.

lijok1mo ago

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