pleonastic

• “So-called pleonastic ˜ne™ in French might be thought to be an example of this.”

  Structured Propositions

• “That it is no worse than pleonastic, that is, redundant, therefore only unnecessary, can be no satisfaction to the man who would find perfection, if he may, in the words of him who was nearer the Lord than any other.”

  Unspoken Sermons Third Series

• “So it could be called pleonastic or tautological, but not an oxymoron.”

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• “Bertrand Russell, having not made out too well in his debate with Frederick C. Copleston, interviews Anselm who drags in Rowan as an example of something more obscure and intrinsically pleonastic than both the ontological argument and anthropic principle combined.”

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• “Martin also squeezes the word "perspicacious" into his first paragraph, and drops the dime "pleonastic" later on.”

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• “It's almost pleonastic to say the civil service resists change, just as it is to say that they're self-interested.”

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• “In the interest of full disclosure, I must here admit that I am a massive, overly enthusiastic, often proselytizing, obviously pleonastic fan of David Foster Wallace.”

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• “Expressions like “very unique” or “more unique” are supposed to be pleonastic at best, and probably just nonsense.”

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• “If (20) is true, John is easily pleased; or using a pleonastic subject, it is easy (for someone) to please John.”

  Logical Form

• “If every English sentence needs a grammatical subject, (18D) must be modified: either by displacing ˜John™, as in (18S); or by inserting a pleonastic subject, as in (19).”

  Logical Form

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