Vivly: know it all's

eddiebruk:

Well, you should check yours as well, it is "your" not " or".

Nicepoker: Should incase

Yahoo1: now here is a guy that paid attention to Literature! Vivly take note.

Vivly: In as much as some of the facts are incorrect, they are still tautologies. A deeper view, breakdown of the concepts will show this. Most of those facts are accepted as spoken english, maybe due to constant usage but it doesn't change the fact that it's a tautology

freecocoa: Thing is, is that you made it sound like bad grammar or wrong usage whereas some are not.

Context matter a lot in english language my dear.

::Andrew:::
How about statements like: The time is 3.o clock. Shouldn't we rather say 'It's 3.o clock'?

Fhemmmy: Nice one, and i do use this one too . . . GTB Banks

Uyi Iredia: I'm in the mood to f*ck up someone logic today



Humans are typically mentally dull. Especially these days. Why do you think the only words usually quick to recall in a song is the chorus ? Repetition, Vivly, repetition.



Some bloke might think you said only 4 and ask whether its in the morning or afternoon.
Here we go



Redundant for emphasis



Some minorities are larger than the others eg African-Americans, Hispanics



. . . so to avoid any possible misunderstanding we use the word 'personal' just to make sure.



Yeah ! Right after folks at MTN stop putting network after the acronym. The N in the brand already stands for network.



Some things are more true than the others eg all women have vaginas, or all women are sluts etc. Hence, the need for a phrase that doubly emphasizes the truth one forwards.



No, some experiences are past. All experiences were present. Many more experiences are possible in the future.



Stop thinking like you are in the 18th century, many adages eg 'Shine your eye', 'In doubt ask Google' etc crop up in recent times.

freecocoa: What is 3 o clock?

Vivly: Well, some are use wrongly. Example is Buy your recharge card here. How can you buy what's yours

Vivly: 8.Live recording. Damn. All recordings are live. Music and celebrity section please.

9.Safe haven. Literature gurus, Is there such thing as unsafe haven? Havens are by their definitions safe places.

10.First time ever. It's either your first time or it isn't. Decide!

11.General public. This is the most common. All those news being addressed to the general public, unless you're treating certain members of the public as special, all members of the public are general.

12.In one way or another. If it's not true in one way, then it's not freaking true. How can something be true in both ways?

13.Exact same/ exactly the same. The word exact is redundant in this phrase

Vivly: Ok. I've noticed a few tautologies commonly used here and I'm gonna post them. Feel free to post those you've noticed too.
First, a grammatical tautology is when you repeat an idea within a particular sentence or phrase, giving the impression you are providing additional information.. For example, she woke up at 4.am in the morning. Am signifies morning, why bother?
Here we go
1.Very beginning. The word very is redundant in the phrase

2.Small minority Politics section, A place is regarded as minority because it's small.

3. Personal belongings. All belongings are personal, unless they've been stolen from a public place

4.PIN number Please don't ask anybody for their pin and still say number. The initial 'n' in the acronym PIN stands for number.

5.Honest truth A truth is either true or it isn't. Unless it's a politician speaking.

6.Past experiences All experiences are past. All those thread starters saying 'please share your past experience', take note.

7.Old adage Please, there's a reason it's called adage and it's because it's old

Samelle: Vivly, while I do agree with some of your observations, I have to add that some phrases are found that way in the English Language and are so for emphasis. Others have remained unchanged because of prolonged usage and have thus been accepted.

Vivly: In as much as some of the facts are incorrect, they are still tautologies. A deeper view, breakdown of the concepts will show this. Most of those facts are accepted as spoken english, maybe due to constant usage but it doesn't change the fact that it's a tautology

a'chael:
"Rise on your feet"
What do we rise on before, our hands?

ogbeni, there's nothing wrong with that one, i cud remembr an event at uniport in 1993 where a lecturer asked a male student to RISE, to our surprise d seam at his zipper began to bulge in response, maybe little John thomas was 1st to get d instruction who knws ?? So any form of command that hs 2 do with 'rise' must be made specific, either rise on ur feet, rise o' john thomas or rise on ur head. Did i make any point??

::Andrew:::


Common madam don't be that like that, am driving and typing.

lynpetra: @op,nice thread.Am guilty of a whole lot...

Vivly: Prolonged usage of wrong tautology doesn't make it right. How can someone say or else? 'Shut up or else I'll beat you'. It's either it's 'or' or 'else'