Re: FN-FORUM: Freelance writer/tech author - urgent - DTCMSG

date posted 28th January 2005 17:48

On 27 Jan 2005 10:53:49 -0000, Richard Bennett =
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>On Thursday 27 January 2005 11:36, Elizabeth Varley wrote:
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>> * The ability to communicate clearly and succinctly in plain English
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>would that be a nice example of an oxymoron then? or am I thinking of=20
>something else...

Dunno. "Clearly" means with clarity, easy to understand. "Succinctly"
means briefly, without unnecessary verbiage. This is neither a tautology
(same thing repeated) nor an oxymoron (contradiction in terms), though it
*can* be quite hard to meet both targets.

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