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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

This sentence contains redundant expressions, doesn't it?

Somebody wrote such a message. It contains redundant expressions, doesn't it? They’re looking for their own hero, one who can protect them in times of danger, when they can actually be their own heroes.

I just wonder: Why did she have to say ...hero, one who can protect them in times of danger, when there has already been a connotation that a hero does protect someone else from danger?

Another thing: I can't understand what she means by they can actually be their own heroes. (Could it be an English idiom?) 
  

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hero, one who can protect them in times of danger, when there has already been a connotation that a hero does protect someone else from danger? She wishes to make that specific function of the hero clear and to the point. Heroes can do other things also.

— Mister Micawber

  • hero, one who can protect them in times of danger, when there has already been a connotation that a hero does protect someone else from danger?
  • She wishes to make that specific function of the hero clear and to the point.
  • Heroes can do other things also.
  • Rommel I can't understand what she means by they can actually be their own heroes.
  • ) No, there is no idiom.
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RommelWhy did she have to say ...hero, one who can protect them in times of danger, when there has already been a connotation that a hero does protect someone else from danger?
She wishes to make that specific function of the hero clear and to the point. Heroes can do other things also.
RommelI can't understand what she means by they c
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Mister MicawberShe wishes to make that specific function of the hero clear and to the point. Heroes can do other things also.
Mister MicawberNo, there is no idiom. I can be my own doctor if I prescribe medicine for myself or I can be my own barber if I cut my hair myself.
Wow! What a very nice explanation, Mister Micawber!
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