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How many pleonasms does it take to change a light bulb?

You know, a couple, one or two...
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Dale wrote:
At this particular juncture in time, to the best of my recollection, I myself do not remember you writing anything about this specific vocabulary word.
I just love multiple pleonasms.
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Some of you are getting dangerously close to auto-pleonasticizing, and you're going to have to say a couple of Hail Marys and dip your pen in the holy water if you can't keep those impulses under control.
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Too much pleonasm will cause neoplasm.
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jim stone wrote:George Orwell said, about writing prose:
'Never use two words when one will do.'
Man, did that improve my writing!
If only Stephen King read Orwell...
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jim stone wrote:George Orwell said, about writing prose:
'Never use two words when one will do.'
Man, did that improve my writing!
Oh yeah? Then why did he name his book Animal Farm?
Why not just Animals or Farm?
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emmline wrote:
jim stone wrote:George Orwell said, about writing prose:
'Never use two words when one will do.'
Man, did that improve my writing!
Oh yeah? Then why did he name his book Animal Farm?
Why not just Animals or Farm?
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I always thought that pleonasm was what free and liberated female women have. :o
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emmline wrote:
jim stone wrote:George Orwell said, about writing prose:
'Never use two words when one will do.'
Man, did that improve my writing!
Oh yeah? Then why did he name his book Animal Farm?
Why not just Animals or Farm?
Too-SHAY.
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Nanohedron wrote:Too-SHAY.
I didn't think it was nearly Shay enough.
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I read this beauty today:
In July of 1973 I had a recurring Night vision (a dream) over and over.
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One I seem to hear a lot is "3 a.m. in the morning," though I suppose I should confess that I myself have recently been taken to task for talking about the roofers working overhead. :oops:

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cskinner wrote:One I seem to hear a lot is "3 a.m. in the morning," though I suppose I should confess that I myself have recently been taken to task for talking about the roofers working overhead. :oops:

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Well, they could have been goofing-off overhead, after all. ;)
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emmline wrote:
jim stone wrote:George Orwell said, about writing prose:
'Never use two words when one will do.'
Man, did that improve my writing!
Oh yeah? Then why did he name his book Animal Farm?
Why not just Animals or Farm?
This would be because it was about animals taking over a farm.

It is possible to have animals not on a farm, and also a farm without animals.

Both words were required for clarity.
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Martin Milner wrote:It is possible to have animals not on a farm, and also a farm without animals.

Both words were required for clarity.
Yes indeed. Stalks of corn implementing a communist takeover would have lacked a certain je ne sais quoi.
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