a little but i thank you
Uzytkownik "Chris Croughton" <chris@keristor.net> napisal w wiadomosci
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> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:07:42 +0100, kimpolik
> <rafbuk@wp.pl> wrote:
>
>> Is there any other word which describe tautology??? In polish for example
>> is
>
> That comes out with a little '3' before the 'o', and with a pragraph
> sign before 'lane'. Evidently characters not in the Latin1 set.
>
> In English I would say 'tautology'. It's a form of repetition,
> rephrasing or "saying the same thing in other words". If I meant to do
> it I might say:
>
> I'm repeating myself, or in other words rephrasing what I meant to
> say.
>
> In particular, it's often used about reasoning ("That's just a
> tautology!" implying that the person has reasoned "in circles", not
> proving anything because they assumed the thing they were trying to
> prove).
>
> It is the opposite of an oxymoron, or "contradiction in terms".
>
> Does that help?
>
> Chris C
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