*영작시 주의할점 <1> 군더더기말과 용어법

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Redundancy

1. Tautology: the error of saying the same thing’s already been said  

Ex) He wrote his own auto biography.

 He was popular with the people.

He falsely mis represented the situation.

 Let us glance briefly at the field.

The reason was because….

The theater manager promised everyone a free gift

The troops advanced forward on the outer Falklands today.

The future outlook seems rosier

The Argentineans claimed to present the true facts while the British at home were presented false facts.

As was their usual custom, the commandoes came ashore, shrouded in fog.

The submarine fired at the cruiser at a distance of 10,000 metres.

The two cars hit head-on while traveling at 80 miles per hour straight for each other.

Kith and kin, ways and means, to all intents and purposes, bag and baggage, safe and sound---some tautologies whose antiquity affords them protection.

“A grammatical immunity!”

“Just been revoked, cliché”

2. Pleonasm: extra words that can be deleted without changing the meaning or the structure of the sentence.

Both the prime minister and the vice admiral agreed that…

Deep puddles of water wrestled against the direction of the tires…

All she saw to begin with was the kaleidoscope of colours and shapes that had made her so dizzy the first time, but

A fine example of redundancy which consists of pointlessly repeating an idea. If I am correct, a kaleidoscope comes with small pieces of coloured paper in various shapes inside. If it is the kind that would make one’s head spin, it’d be enough to write ‘the kind’.

 All she saw to begin with was the kaleidoscope that had made her so dizzy the first time, but

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