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John182 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

redundant??

hey - having issues with redundancy here....

"The PIC18F2331 microprocessor supplied by Microchip was used to perform all the necessary instructions and calculations required by the hovercraft"

..in this sentence i have included the words <necessary> and <required> ...is this not redundant...think about it...if it's necessay - then obviously it's required??
but to be honest it does sound fine to me...
thanks
John
  

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the instructions and calculations required .... should be enough

— Marius Hancu

  • the instructions and calculations required ....
  • should be enough
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the instructions and calculations required ....
should be enough
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"The PIC18F2331 microprocessor supplied by Microchip was used to perform all the necessary instructions and calculations required by the hovercraft"

I don't see the need for 'necessary'. All the instructions and calculations are surely necessary.
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The PIC18F2331 microprocessor supplied by Microchip was used to perform all the necessary instructions and calculations required by the hovercraft

  • necessary instructions says that the instructions are necessary
  • required says asked, requested by what or by whom.


    • They are not redundant - they are the match.

    The
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No, necessary already signifies a requirement.
Can't have double necessity, IMO.

But if you want to make doubly sure ...
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It doesn't sound so bad, but it has a superfluous, unneeded, and unnecessary necessary that is neither required nor obligatory. Actually, I found it somewhat redundant as well.

CJ
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I'd agree with Aperistic.

  • 'Necessary' doesn't mean all instructions, but those, which are generally considered as an agreed upon minimal set.
  • 'Required', because these instructions provide optimal operation of Hovercraft, and are important for its particular needs.
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Schetin 'Necessary' doesn't mean all instructions, but those, which are generally considered as an important set.
This is a bad definition, IMO. It's all the instructions which are needed.

And if there are instructions which are required for the operation of the Hovercraft, they are of course
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Maybe I was not clear

Here how I see this

The PIC18F2331 microprocessor supplied by Microchip was used to perform all the necessary instructions and calculations required by the hovercraft

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The PIC18F2331 microprocessor supplied by Microchip was used to perform all the essential instructions and calculations required by the hovercraft (to operate)

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necessary isn't a full synonym of essential

I can accept essential here, but not necessary.
To me, it's quite a jump.

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