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by manwithnoplan 46 days ago
It is implicitly implied in many comments.
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wwalexander 46 days ago
“Implicitly implied” is redundant. Either of these phrasings would suffice:

> It is implicit in many comments.

> It is implied in many comments.

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darkwater 46 days ago
Well, it's called "tautology" and it's a perfectly valid rhetorical device.
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wazdra 46 days ago
A tautology is a sentence vacuously true. This is called a pleonasm.
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gizajob 46 days ago
Was about to post the same thing. It is indeed the under-appreciated pleonasm rather than a tautology.
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darkwater 46 days ago
Yes, mixed the two. Point stands though.
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lijok 46 days ago
Links?
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