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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread repeating a word in a sentence or paragraph #186122 07/27/2009 1:17 PM Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 Pennsylvania versipellisrex stranger versipellisrex stranger Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 Pennsylvania Hi. What's the word for using the same word, or words with the same root, multiple times within the same sentence or paragraph? For instance, "Please let us know if you are receptive to receiving responses from your readers." More recently, I saw this "I have amassed much experience ... that allowed me to amass a lot of software skills." Ingratiatingly grateful, versipellisrex Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: repeating a word in a sentence or paragraph versipellisrex #186124 07/27/2009 1:27 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I've never heard of one. Repetition within the sentence is called repetition in rhetoric, and within a paragraph, conduplicatio. Most of the other rhetorical figures of repetition deal with the position within the clause of the word repeated (link). [Addendum: I take it back, adnominatio is the repetition of a word in different forms (link).] Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: repeating a word in a sentence or paragraph zmjezhd #186130 07/27/2009 4:46 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass "perseverate, perseverate, perseverate..." - anon Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: repeating a word in a sentence or paragraph tsuwm #186131 07/27/2009 4:50 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA rex, it's possible there's no such word but if there is one, and if you haven't been there already http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=word+repetition+same+sentence dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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