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 examplevery uniqueis 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 |