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Severn
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704


0 posted 2000-03-02 07:29 AM


It's 10am in the morning.
It'll only take a brief moment.
He lay reclining.
She paced, stepping slowly.
Is this adequate enough?

ARRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!  

DOWN with Tautology!!!!!!

(dict. def.: The use of words that merely repeat elements of the meaning already conveyed)

Got any more examples anyone??
And does this annoy anyone as much as me??

K

 'Writing sharpens life;
life enriches writing'
Sylvia Plath

© Copyright 2000 Kamla Mahony - All Rights Reserved
Jannel
Member
since 2000-01-18
Posts 492
Muncie, IN, USA
1 posted 2000-03-02 12:04 PM


I need to find my PIN number so i can go to the ATM machine.
(Personal Identification Number=PIN
Automated Teller Machine=ATM)
Even better was the credit card company who would send me my personal PIN number.

Not A Poet
Member Elite
since 1999-11-03
Posts 3885
Oklahoma, USA
2 posted 2000-03-02 12:11 PM


Very good Jannel! Yes these things can be quite annoying. But sometimes they are so common as to go completely unnoticed as you point out.


 Pete

What terms shall I find sufficiently simple in their sublimity --
sufficiently sublime in their simplicity --
for the mere enunciation of my theme?
Edgar Allan Poe



jbouder
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since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534
Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash
3 posted 2000-03-02 01:31 PM


I loath tautology AND hate repetition (are we in the Alley?).  Actually, tautology seems to be a problem in poetry, especially when a poet gets caught up in adjective use.  Good points all.

Jim

Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA
4 posted 2000-03-02 06:43 PM


Would you guys stop repeating yourselves... This is getting redundant here...
Severn
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704

5 posted 2000-03-02 10:59 PM


Yeah yeah Nan - haha...


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