There is nothing like international passport, passport is passport.

Lalasticlala
Mynd44

The fact is that, like many other people , in Standard English , there is nothing like
international passport.

The name of that document required principally for international trips is simply a passport and neither an international nor a local passport .

The reason is that the definition and scope of ‘ passport’ already includes the idea of international . So , any attempt to add the adjective amounts to tautology .

Remember , tautology is the concept that captures the largely faulty style of saying the same thing twice over in different words.

A lot of people exhibit this linguistic menace ; hence , the need to regularly revisit the topic .
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a passport is a document provided by the government of a country showing the owner is a citizen of the country . This thus allows the person to travel to foreign countries .

The dictionary further describes it as “ an official document issued by a government , certifying the holder’ s identity and citizenship and entitling them to travel under its protection to and from foreign countries . ”

Based on these definitions , it is wrong to still call the document international passport ; after all, you do not need a local passport to travel within your country .

Unfortunately , the wrong expression has penetrated our communication culture so much that many official documents , such as registration forms, expressly ask for information about one’ s international
passport .

Perhaps the reason for this is the prestige often attached to the document since it more or less makes one an international citizen . So , it must be an
international or a global passport !

Well , the most important point is that when next you want to refer to it , just call it passport for that is its correct and universally accepted tag .

Don’ t ‘ resume back ’!
As some experts have noted, it is the tautology syndrome that is also at work in words or phrases such as over -exaggerates . , reverse back , return back , close proximity , predict the future , necessary requirement , autobiography of a person ’ s life , completely devoid of , repeat again , added bonus etc.

When you exaggerate something , you overstate it .

So , you cannot practically overstate an overstatement , since it is only Fela Anikulapo-Kuti that could insist that ‘ overtake don overtake overtake…’ When you reverse a car , you move it backwards . So , why do some people – especially policemen – insist on
reverse back again ?

Can one reverse front ? The same thing applies to return. You either come back or return – neither return back nor resume back .

Similarly, proximity already depicts closeness ; prediction is about the future , while requirement implies things necessary for a particular process .

We learn everyday........

Do thorough research before creating posts like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_passport

Bahddo:
Do thorough research before creating posts like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_passport

hmmm...

Mine has to be night vigil until I discovered the right word lately which is vigil. Adding night with vigil is tautology.

Bahddo:
Do thorough research before creating posts like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_passport

Do u speak russian english or formal english....ur post doesnt clarify anything

Thanks "Op" ,I have learnt something new from your post.

That will be the meaning of tout

Tout and lout.It is lout not tout. bachelor's eve is wrong.eve means the day before

You're on point. However, it's just for the sake of clarity since we also have "National ID"

Nice educational piece... I think the reason for the tautology is because when you say "passport" , we often assume it the "passport photograph" you're referring to.
People needs to be educated more on this... move to FP PPLEASE!

Bahddo:
Do thorough research before creating posts like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_passport

You should have just taken the correction.

The next line of what you posted indicates the OP is correct.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport

BLS1:


You should have just taken the correction.

The next line of what you posted indicates the OP is correct.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport

dude the point is, some countries have/used to have an internal and an international passport. Why is that hard to grasp even with the posted link? Did you bother reading the 'internal passport' part of the link you posted?

Granted, it is not necessary to add the 'international' for countries with just one passport system, but when you make loud uninformed statements like "there is nothing like international passport", you are simply advertising ignorance.