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  2. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    When Robert South said, "It is a pleonasm, a figure usual in Scripture, by a multiplicity of expressions to signify one notable thing", [13] he was observing the Biblical Hebrew poetic propensity to repeat thoughts in different words, since written Biblical Hebrew was a comparatively early form of written language and was written using oral ...

  3. Comparison of English dictionaries - Wikipedia

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    This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English.The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other biographical or geographical information useful to college students), and "learner's ...

  4. Tautology (language) - Wikipedia

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    "Wandering planet" – the word planet comes from the Greek word 'πλανήτης (planḗtēs), which itself means "wanderer". "If you know, you know", a common English phrase. "A pair of two"; by its nature, a pair is two items, so "a pair of two" is redundant. "What's for you won't go by you", a Scottish proverb that is tautological

  5. Essentially contested concept - Wikipedia

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    Whilst, by Gallie's express stipulation, there is no best instantiation of an essentially contested concept (or, at least, none knowable to be the best), it is also obvious that some instantiations will be considerably better than others; [30] and, furthermore, even if one particular instantiation seems best at the moment, there is always the ...

  6. Better than Today - Wikipedia

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    After being retooled by Price, "Better Than Today" was left as one of only two remaining collaborations Minogue had with Pallot and Chatterly, along with the album's title track. [6] Additional production and mixing took place at London in 2009. [7] "Better Than Today" was released as the third single from the album on 3 December 2010.

  7. 10 Genius Phrases To Use Instead of 'I'm Busy,' According to ...

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    "This has become a better way to let someone know you don't have the capacity or capability to take something extra on right now," Dr. Schiff says. 2. "I cannot right now, but I will set aside ...

  8. Talk:Better than Today - Wikipedia

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  9. Illusory superiority - Wikipedia

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    Selective recruitment is the notion that an individual selects their own strengths and the other's weaknesses when making peer comparisons, in order that they appear better on the whole. This theory was first tested by Weinstein (1980); however, this was in an experiment relating to optimistic bias, rather than the better-than-average effect ...