In some languages, such as French, the word is not optional and should therefore not be considered pleonastic.
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Metaphysically speaking, Musgrave can be considered a nominalist; he argues for a position he specifically calls Pleonastic Platonism.
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If my guess is correct, it seems that a tautology is always pleonastic, but a pleonasm is not necessarily tautologous.
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In this example the pleonastic " it " fills the subject function, however it does not contribute any meaning to the sentence.
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The most common definitely pleonastic morphological usage in English is " irregardless ", which is very widely criticized as being a non-word.
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The second sentence, which omits the pleonastic "'it "'is marked as ungrammatical although no meaning is lost by the omission.
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Thus, although some traditional grammars consider subject clitics as " redundant " or " pleonastic " elements, Venetian subject clitics are neither redundant nor pleonastic.
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Thus, although some traditional grammars consider subject clitics as " redundant " or " pleonastic " elements, Venetian subject clitics are neither redundant nor pleonastic.
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As will be clear from the examples below, Venetian subject clitics are neither " redundant " nor " pleonastic " because they provide specific information, not present on verbal endings.
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Hamilton, a white-haired, elf-like man who died last year, called the diaries _ in a wonderfully pleonastic phrase _ " a misbegotten prevarication ."
