Enquire within upon everything by Robert Kemp Philp

3 by Robert Kemp Philp, Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882

Chapter 216: 34. Such expressions as _more impossible_, _more indispensable_,

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Chapter 216: 34. Such expressions as _more impossible_, _more indispensable_,

_more universal_, _more uncontrollable_, _more unlimited_, &c., are objectionable, as they really enfeeble the meaning which it is the object of the speaker or writer to strengthen. For instance, _impossible_ gains no strength by rendering it _more_ impossible. This class of error is common with persons who say, "A _great large_ house," "A _great big_ animal," "A _little small_ foot," "A _tiny little_ hand."
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