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“Implicitly implied” is redundant. Either of these phrasings would suffice: > It is implicit in many comments. > It is implied in many comments.

• manwithnoplan 5mo ago
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• darkwater 5mo ago
  Well, it's called "tautology" and it's a perfectly valid rhetorical device.
  • wazdra 5mo ago
    A tautology is a sentence vacuously true. This is called a pleonasm.
    • gizajob 5mo ago
      Was about to post the same thing. It is indeed the under-appreciated pleonasm rather than a tautology.
    • darkwater 5mo ago
      Yes, mixed the two. Point stands though.
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