Stan, yes, I saw that but decided that I shouldn't be too picky. :-)
Back when I was a kid, there was a very popular program "Radio-Nanny". They were discussing a bunch of different things, but occasionally they were discussing some grammar questions in a funny way. One time there was this dialogue: - ... I saw it with my own eyes! ... - Hold on .. Do you have eyes that yours but not own(ed)? - I saw it with my eyes!... - Hold on... Can you see with somebody else's eyes? - I saw it with eyes!... - Can you see with something besides your eyes (maybe ears?) - I saw it! - There we go... What did you see? Back in the college, one of my faviorite professors wrote as a part of the autograph in his book: "Tautology yields emphasis! Keep learning, Igor!" Indeed, frequently, the intent of tautology is the emphasis. And that is a known effect and trend. I believe it has been even discussed on the popular radio program "A Way With Words" http://www.waywordradio.org/ It bothers me neverthless, I am with you on that. Cheers, Igor Stanley Halpin Wed, 11 Jun 2014 14:33:44 -0700 wrote: Apart from the lack of meaning in the sentence quoted, it includes one of those strange repetitive and redundant turns of phrase which really grates on my nerves. "Together, both partners have a combined history". Lets deconstruct that. If they have a combined history of whatever, then it probably is not separately. So Saying "Together" is not needed. And then we find that "...both partners have..." Not just one of the partners, but both of them? Imagine that. A simple straightforward phrasing would be: "The partners have a combined history..." If they are going to write meaningless twaddle, at least they could avoid bad writing. stan On Jun 11, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you, for the interesting document. > Well, the Press Release you referenced is full of ... puffing up the > cheaks. > > "Together, both partners have a combined history of 146 years in > the Photo Industry." > > Along those lines, PDML has combined photographic experience of over > 500 years! > Does that number matter? > > Igor > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
