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For questions about whether the same word appearing two or more times in a sentence is appropriate, or about whether a word or phrase is repeating information unnecessarily.
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"Thanks, but no thanks" OR "No, thanks". Isn't 'thanks' in the former redundant?
We often use redundancy for emphasis. If you say, "Bob was a rude and nasty person", it is likely that you are not thinking of "rude" and "nasty" as being two distinct aspects of his personality. …
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How not to repeat words?
It is grammatically valid, but potentially ambiguous. When I first read your sentence I took it has, "Facebook allows domains of the form ...", and then the three forms are NAME.i, Twitter, and NAME.l …
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Question on usage of "parity"
It sounds like an awkwardly-constructed sentence to me. People normally say, "for women to have parity with men" or "for their to be parity between men and women". That is, we don't normally say "pari …
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Quantum vs number
"Quantum" is a technical term in physics to refer to the smallest possible unit of energy. "Quantum physics" refers to the theory that there is such a thing as a "smallest possible unit of energy", as …
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Using to twice in a sentence - To whomever they were sent to
Yes, having two "to"s is redundant and incorrect.
There is a much-debated rule in English, "Never end a sentence with a preposition." I and many others think this is a silly and pointless rule, becau …
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How to avoid multiple "of-phrases" in one sentence?
While it is true that we generally avoid using the same word multiple times in one sentence, this rule is not generally applied to short words like articles and prepositions. I don't see anything wron …
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General statement: People often make a lot of mistakes in (their live)/( their lives)
"Lives" should be plural. Unless the people all share one life -- some kind of science fiction scenario -- they have many lives, so the word should be plural.
Yes, you mean that each person makes mist …
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