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Questions about repeating a given word in a phrase, sentence, or short passage of text.

Questions about repetition of a given word in a phrase, sentence, or short passage of text. For example, "I didn't know that that was possible", "John had had had where Sally had had", "Friend of a friend of a friend of mine", etc.

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What do we call the "repetition" construct (if it's even proper English)?

I've sometimes seen this construct, used to avoid repetitive handwriting, but I don't even know if it's proper English. If it is, what is the name of this construct? I have no idea what to search for when looking it up... Don't forget to buy…
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Repetition of "and" in a list

Given the following sentence: I want you to join both the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy documents together by lunch time. Is the repetition of "and" OK? Should I wrap my documents in quotation marks?
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Do you need to repeat the word "sector" for clarity in this sentence?

Is the following sentence okay as is, or is it necessary to repeat the word "sector" to make clear you mean "private sector and public sector organizations."? Trust in private and public sector organizations has been shrinking in recent years.
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Philosophical idea for repetition of doing things leads to loss of interest in subject?

I am searching for a term that refers to doing something will eventually result in boredom from that something.
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"It is through experiences that you experience the world." - avoid repetition

"It is through experiences that you experience the world." How can I say the same phrase, either replacing the world "experiences" or "experience"? I was thinking "It is through experiences that you live the world.", but does it make sense? Thank…
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Using "to do" twice in a sentence is correct?

Is it correct to use "to do" twice in a sentence? For example: is it correct to say "how to do that and when to do that is a problem" or should it be "how to do that and when doing that is a problem"?
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Word repetition: Two times 'changing'

I have the following sentence: " Case studies with changing number of buildings and changing peak powers of the PV systems" My question is, wether I should get rid of one of the 'changing'. So basically it would be like this: " Case studies with…
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What is the term for when one word or phrase appears directly above the same word or phrase in a paragraph?

I have read and written countless sentences within in a paragraph where a word or phrase is repeated in use and its second use appears directly beneath the first use in the visual paragraph whether or on a page or screen. I am sure there is a…
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repetition of words: how to merge

You understand that a good brand strategy and a strong advertisement strategy are the bases of a succesful advertising campaign. How would one avoid the repetition of strategy? ...a strong brand and advertisement strategy.. This seems to imply…
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Avoid repetition

I want to avoid the repetition of the words "mutual information" in the following sentence: "where I(X_i;X_j|Y) and I(X_i;X_j) denote, respectively, the conditional mutual information and the mutual information." Is there a way to avoid repeating…
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Use "with" twice in a sentence

Is it correct to use "with" twice in this phrase? The ability of the people to acquaint themselves with and work together with ..." Or should I say: "The ability of the people to acquaint themselves and work together with ..."
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Avoid repetition of the word "contain"

What I wrote is: "However, just as any other data carrier, images not only contain important data, but also such of lesser significance to us. " I want to say that images not only contain important data, but they also contain data of lesser…
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Repetition of the type : adjective1+ noun or adjective2 + noun

The question seems simple but so far I do not have a response. I'm wondering how to avoid the following type of repetition : adjective1+ noun or adjective2 + noun For instance (2 examples) : 1- "..a green car or a red car" 2-"It corresponds to a…
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Repeating phrases like "There are questions after questions after…"

What is the correct way of punctuating repeating phrases in a sentence? Are commas and semicolons required? Example: "There are questions after questions after questions after questions on page after page." BTW, let's assume the extra repetitions…
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Is there a name for using a word twice in a row to express different levels of a similar thing?

There are a few phrases myself and others around me will use to change the meaning. The first example is “out”: Shall we go out? — meaning “Shall we go to the pub?” vs Shall we go out out? — meaning “Shall we go to a club?” And my second example…
Tim
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