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{{a|g|[[File:Rene Descartes.jpg|450px|thumb|center|I ''think'' this is [[René Descartes]]. But ...]]}}''Not to be confused with “[[redundancy]]” in the sense of being asked to [[get your coat]].'' | {{a|g|[[File:Rene Descartes.jpg|450px|thumb|center|I ''think'' this is [[René Descartes]]. But ...]]}}''Not to be confused with “[[redundancy]]” in the sense of being asked to [[get your coat]].'' | ||
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:''And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which was so amazingly intelligent that even before its databanks had been connected up it had started from “[[I think, therefore I am]]” and got as far as deducing the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone managed to turn it off.'' | :<smnall>''And to this end they built themselves a stupendous super-computer which was so amazingly intelligent that even before its databanks had been connected up it had started from “[[I think, therefore I am]]” and got as far as deducing the existence of rice pudding and income tax before anyone managed to turn it off.''</small> | ||
::—Douglas Adams, {{hhgg}} | ::<small>—Douglas Adams, {{hhgg}}</small> | ||
A [[mediocre lawyer|solicitor]] — one who is licensed in the practice of semantic precision, after all — can scarcely indicate unconditional surrender to the demands of the English language more clearly than by using this abominable phrase. | A [[mediocre lawyer|solicitor]] — one who is licensed in the practice of semantic precision, after all — can scarcely indicate unconditional surrender to the demands of the English language more clearly than by using this abominable phrase. | ||