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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
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Is there any redundancy in this sentence with the terms ‘prepared’ and ‘alert’?
Is there any redundancy in this sentence with the terms ‘prepared’ and ‘alert’?
The only thing I can do now is not to be contented but to be prepared and alert.
The only thing I can do now is not to be contented but to be prepared and alert.
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Can you be prepared but not alert? Can you be alert but not prepared? If so, then you may be wordy, but you're not redundant.
- Can you be prepared but not alert?
- Can you be alert but not prepared?
- If so, then you may be wordy, but you're not redundant.
- Redundancy is not repetition but an intrinsically unnecessary restatement.
- For instance, if I ask for a glass of "Chianti wine," then wine is redundant because Chianti is a type of wine.
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Can you be prepared but not alert?
Can you be alert but not prepared?
If so, then you may be wordy, but you're not redundant. Redundancy is not repetition but an intrinsically unnecessary restatement. For instance, if I ask for a glass of "Chianti wine," then wine is redundant because Chianti is a type of wine. There is no glass of Chianti that doesn't hold wine. A common E
Can you be alert but not prepared?
If so, then you may be wordy, but you're not redundant. Redundancy is not repetition but an intrinsically unnecessary restatement. For instance, if I ask for a glass of "Chianti wine," then wine is redundant because Chianti is a type of wine. There is no glass of Chianti that doesn't hold wine. A common E
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