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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
The use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
circumlocution
1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
2 : evasion in speech
Don't the above definitions contradict each other? Where 'evasion' means 'using less words than required'.
1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
2 : evasion in speech
Don't the above definitions contradict each other? Where 'evasion' means 'using less words than required'.
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Hi, circumlocution 1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea 2 : evasion in speech Don't the above definitions contradict each other? Where 'evasion' means 'using less words than required'. 'Evasion' does not mean the use of fewer words.
- Hi, circumlocution 1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea 2 : evasion in speech Don't the above definitions contradict each other?
- Where 'evasion' means 'using less words than required'.
- 'Evasion' does not mean the use of fewer words.
- Clive
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Hi,
circumlocution
1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
2 : evasion in speech
Don't the above definitions contradict each other? Where 'evasion' means 'using less words than required'. 'Evasion' does not mean the use of fewer words.
Clive
circumlocution
1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
2 : evasion in speech
Don't the above definitions contradict each other? Where 'evasion' means 'using less words than required'. 'Evasion' does not mean the use of fewer words.
Clive
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Just a quick observation:
Look at politicans - they speak evasively, and at the same time they speak at length
Look at politicans - they speak evasively, and at the same time they speak at length
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The "Circumlocution Office" was described in Dickens' "Little Dorrit" as a government office which, although it was mired in papers, and "contained the whole science of government" never gave out any usable information at all! To get information, you had to fill out a form which requested another form....
It was this spirit of national efficiency in the Circumlocution Office that had g
It was this spirit of national efficiency in the Circumlocution Office that had g
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