AtD (spoilers) Tautologies

libra 008 lbr_008 at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 28 23:52:18 CST 2006


I agree. They are redundancies, at least the first and the third examples. I would need the context of the second before being able to say.

Steve Maas <tyronemullet at hotmail.com> wrote: You may find these phrases jarring, but they're not tautologies.
Steve Maas


Ya Sam wrote:
>I am a bit irritated by the tautological constructions in AtD, the first 
>being in the blurb itself "strange occurrences occur''. Just two examples 
>(but there are more)
>
>p. 198 'He sought Sloat's eyes with his one undamaged one'

>or p. At the Casino, back in the back rooms...

>I find it a tad jarring.

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