“Too many redundancies”? If Shoe claims there are too many redundancies, that means at least SOME redundancies are all right, but not as many as Cosmo puts in his columns. Shoe is twice wrong: he misunderstands the effect “too” has and he should merely have said “there are redundancies in your column and there is no tolerance for redundancy.”
Cosmo is revealed to be Jewish – as this is the essence of “rhyme” in ancient Hebrew poetry. Instead of rhyming sounds, they rhymed thoughts. I’ll illustrate with Psalm 1 →
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; [ a 3 way rhyme]
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
[ AB AB rhyming pattern:planted by water “rhymes” with leaf does not wither,brings forth fruit “rhymes” with whatever he does whall prosper]
Superfrog over 4 years ago
You can say that again.
meg_grif over 4 years ago
He works for the Department of Redundancy Department.
skirchner over 4 years ago
You can say that again…
e.groves over 4 years ago
Let me reiterate.
dragonbite over 4 years ago
He graduated from the Redundancy School of Redundancy.
rugeirn over 4 years ago
And it’s inaccurate too.
DrDavy2000 over 4 years ago
That’s redundant and pleonastic.
Dkram over 4 years ago
Not to mention repetitive.
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Linguist over 4 years ago
History repeats itself … and historians repeat each other!
cocavan11 over 4 years ago
“Too many redundancies”? If Shoe claims there are too many redundancies, that means at least SOME redundancies are all right, but not as many as Cosmo puts in his columns. Shoe is twice wrong: he misunderstands the effect “too” has and he should merely have said “there are redundancies in your column and there is no tolerance for redundancy.”
BiathlonNut over 4 years ago
A curmudgeon’s list of redundancies:
Obnoxious child
Scheming woman
Stupid dog
Dishonest politician (or lawyer)
… and so on …
stuart over 4 years ago
Not only is that not true, it also isn’t so!
Cosmo is revealed to be Jewish – as this is the essence of “rhyme” in ancient Hebrew poetry. Instead of rhyming sounds, they rhymed thoughts. I’ll illustrate with Psalm 1 →
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; [ a 3 way rhyme]
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
[ AB AB rhyming pattern:planted by water “rhymes” with leaf does not wither,brings forth fruit “rhymes” with whatever he does whall prosper]stuart over 4 years ago
I was unable to preserve newlines. I tried br and pre HTML tags. (They disappear from comment but don’t do anything.)
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member over 4 years ago
He is being redundant, and said the same thing more than once, and keeps repeating himself, etc.
Sailor46 USN 65-95 over 4 years ago
The Newspaper does not tolerate redundancy at the Newspaper.
Bullet Bronson Premium Member over 4 years ago
Are you saying that he’s redundant, that he repeats himself, that he says the same things over and over again?
lenrph over 4 years ago
Correct: there are too many superfluous redundancies.