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wwalexandertoday at 10:48 AM3 repliesview on HN

“Implicitly implied” is redundant. Either of these phrasings would suffice:

> It is implicit in many comments.

> It is implied in many comments.


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manwithnoplantoday at 11:02 AM

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darkwatertoday at 11:19 AM

Well, it's called "tautology" and it's a perfectly valid rhetorical device.

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