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Is “repetitive pattern” a pleonasm that I should avoid?
The context: a warning to a user of a website that tells the user that patterns in an image should be avoided.
One of the key characteristics of a pattern is that it is repetitive. There is no such ...
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Do they call this *it* expletive?
Given the example:
Was it then that I thought of Alan? No, earlier. From the very first wave of panic my mind reached out to him. Yes, even then, in the heart of the fear, there was a still small ...
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Is “spatial contiguity” a pleonasm?
I used the terms "spatial contiguity" to emphasise the relation between two objects as opposed to synchronism, i.e. chronological contiguity. I then questioned myself whether or not that would ...
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Is “unexpected repercussion” repetitive?
Is the phrase unexpected repercussion unnecessary redundantly repetitive?
When I looked up repercussion I see that unexpected is implicit in its meaning. Should I prefer to say unexpected ...
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Is “best regards” a pleonasm?
If the meaning of regards is best wishes, would not best regards (used to express friendliness in greetings, especially at the end of letters) a pleonasm, in the context of letters?
Best regards,
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