In the context of the song, this “needless” repetition makes for a fun, pulse-pounding chorus, and Kiss fans love it! The Beatles have tons of tautology examples in their songs. “All You Need is Love” is full of logical tautologies like this one: “There’snothing you can dothatca...
Examples: Logical tautologies It isorit isn’t. You’re comingoryou’re not. The bookis popularbecausepeople like it. While logical tautologies are typically logically redundant, they’re sometimes used in a non-literal sense (often to express inevitability). ...
Examples from the Corpus tautology•To me it was immediatelyapparent, atautology, averbalredundancy.•It is therefore either atautologyor afallacyto state thatlackof entrepreneurialtalentis the reason for poorgrowth.•Agrosstautologyis at work here.•Theutteringofsimpleandobvioustautologiesshould,...
Common Examples of Tautology We use tautology examples all the time in everyday conversation, often without realizing it. Any time you start a sentence with “In my opinion, I think…” this is a tautology, since it’s clear that if you “think” something it must be your opinion. There...
Some Harder Examples of Tautology Thereasonisbecausehe left during the dinner. (The word "because" doesn't add anything. It means "for the reason that.") He wasthe reason whyI left the job. (This example can be corrected by removing "the reason" or "why." They do the same job. "...
I raised my hand and said, "Mr. Smith, can you give us moreexamples?" He smiled and said, "Sure. How about 'true fact'? A fact is already true, so saying 'true fact' is a tautology." One of my classmates, Lily, chimed in, "Oh, I get it! So 'final end' is also a ...
Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (review) Examples: "It is a tautology to write combine together." "The use of come before an expression of future time (a year ago come March) should be avoided in serious writing." Occasionally an entry will run to a page or more. ... TJ ...
Abstract:Englishtautology,aspecialmanifestationinEnglish,isdividedintofivetypesaccordingtoitsplacesandfunctions.The Englishtautologyisfoundtobeaspecialrepetitioninessencebyanalyzingmanyexamples.Itissimpleinstructureandmusicalin rhythm,whichmakespeoplefeelfuzzyandimplicit.FinallythreeprinciplesintranslationofEnglishtautologyare...
The analysis will focus on data from English and Polish word-formation (with a few examples from German and Irish as well).doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14102-2_8Bogdan SzymanekSpringer International PublishingSzymanek, B. (2015). Remarks on tautology in word-formation. In L. Bauer, L. Kortvel...
A tautology is a redundant use of words in a single phrase. Though people commonly use tautologies in everyday speech, in...