Topic
Tautologies
10 July 2024
HOW TO APPLY
A tautology is the use of a redundant expression - you are effectively saying the same thing twice. They are very common! For example very unique is well used.
Here are some to be avoided where possible.
| Bad | Good |
|---|---|
| absolutely essential | essential |
| at a later date | later |
| basic essentials / basic fundamentals | essentials / fundamentals |
| collaborate together | collaborate |
| completely surrounded | surrounded |
| current trend | trend |
| end result | result |
| in conjunction with | with |
| join together | join |
| look back in retrospect | look back |
| mutual cooperation | cooperation |