But as I note, some repetition IS appropriate, not superfluous. Take, for example, Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing fields, we shall fight [forget the exact othe places he mentioned] we shall never surrender." The "we shall fight" each place is repetitive -- he could have said "We shall fight on the beaches, and landing fields, and never surrender" and the content would be identical. But the impact would NOT. The repetition is valuable and not at all redundant. Similarly, which is better: "We cannot consecrate, we cannot dedicate, we cannot hallow this ground" or "we cannot consecrate, dedicate, or hallow this ground."?
Repetition can be valuable. Redundant repetition is repetition that is NOT valuable. |
