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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

pleonasm

\PLEE-uh-naz-uhm\, noun:

The use of more words than are necessary to express a thought

“I believe I do detect, if I am not mistaken, pardon me if I am wrong here, something which seems to be none other than what one would consider a pleonasm, in the essay you’ve written here, Mister Ronald Jenkins at 82 Marmaduke Drive, Phoenix AR 51730. Correct me if I’m not entirely without rightness?”

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