It's deja vu all over again!

The word for this is the term:

pleonasm noun. the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning (e.g., see with one's eyes), either as a fault of style or for emphasis.

Alternatively, you might use a different word, such as, for example,

tautology noun ( pl. -gies) the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession).


[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_%28rhetoric%29
]Tautology[/url]

Pleonasm

Note: The unfavourable general consensus about Wikipedia is that it's not very good.

Last edited by Hydra; 07/14/2007 11:48 AM.