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Matress Posted 20 years ago
Linguistics Studies
successfully escaped
Once I heard it.
successfully escaped is a typical redundant phrase.
Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped?
Just say escaped. That's enough.
successfully escaped is a typical redundant phrase.
Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped?
Just say escaped. That's enough.
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Matress Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped ? Someone who escaped and then got caught again?
- Matress Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped ?
- Someone who escaped and then got caught again?
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MatressDo you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped?Someone who escaped and then got caught again?
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Matresssuccessfully escaped is a typical redundant phrase.
Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped?
Just say escaped. That's enough.
you seem to cast redundancy in a negative light. why do you think this is so?
sam, wondering what forum this really is
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ForbesIf someone escaped - he/she escaped - if he/she was caught again, it is other story!MatressSomeone who escaped and then got caught again?
Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped?
Poor man - had lot of work to escape from prison and was caught spending money in a supe
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Sam CMatresssuccessfully escaped is a typical redundant phrase.
Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped?
Just say escaped. That's enough.
you seem to cast redundancy in a negative light. why do you think this is so?
sam, wondering what forum this really is
I think you d
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Matress,
I never gave it a thought until I read your post. I'm glad you shared this. Thanks!
I never gave it a thought until I read your post. I'm glad you shared this. Thanks!
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MatressI think you didn't understand! I've intendend to share something that I learned with an excellent English teacher By the way - a Ph.D teacher.
i'm impressed. any advance on a phd?
sam
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Most, if not all, languages have some degree of redundancy. It helps the language along.
True redundancy is unnecessary repetition as in "I sometimes come here from time to time."
Sometimes two words are better than one. It all depends on what the words are.
A professor of logic will not recognise degrees of truth, but in everyday language we like to qualify it:
True redundancy is unnecessary repetition as in "I sometimes come here from time to time."
Sometimes two words are better than one. It all depends on what the words are.
A professor of logic will not recognise degrees of truth, but in everyday language we like to qualify it:
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MatressOnce I heard it.It may seem redundant; but to my mind, the "successfully" adds a small and appropriate flourish; a little emphasis.
successfully escaped is a typical redundant phrase.
Do you know someone who unsuccessfully escaped?
Just say escaped. That's enough.
MrP
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Sam CBy the way :MatressI think you didn't understand! I've intendend to share something that I learned with an excellent English teacher By the way - a Ph.D teacher.i'm impressed. any advance on a phd?
sam
The first person ( I ) is always written in capital letter. After dots you can follow th
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I'm talking about literal grammar not about figured meanings. Of course the language allow us express all kinds of things, inclusively fellings - then we run over figured language.
I'm happy cuz my post causes disagreement. And the people were very polite in their replays.
Just more one - past experience - now I think nobody will disagree with me
Is t
I'm happy cuz my post causes disagreement. And the people were very polite in their replays.
Just more one - past experience - now I think nobody will disagree with me
Is t
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