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pleonastic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | redundant, tautologic, tautological |
| Derivation | pleonasm |
`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions.
Examples of pleonastic
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Both sentences are grammatically correct, but the word that is pleonastic in this case.
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In many cases of semantic pleonasm, the status of a word as pleonastic depends on context.
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The second sentence, which omits the pleonastic it is marked as ungrammatical although no meaning is lost by the omission.
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They are rendered in ways that best fit the immediate context or omitted in translation without a footnote when deemed pleonastic.
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While Humphrey reeled garrulously from one position to another, Nixon glided over issues with skillfully pleonastic evasions, often taking no stand at all.
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Many speakers of English use such expressions for possibility in general, such that most instances of such expressions by those speakers are in fact pleonastic.
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