pleonastic in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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pleonastico
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pleonastico (-a)
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Generally the future is assumed, making most constructions of this sort pleonastic.
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Both sentences are grammatically correct, but the word "that" is pleonastic in this case.
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In this example the pleonastic it fills the subject function, however it does not contribute any meaning to the sentence.
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Rhetorically, this becomes the device of litotes; it can be difficult to distinguish litotes from pleonastic double negation, a feature which may be used for ironic effect.
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They are rendered in ways that best fit the immediate context or omitted in translation without a footnote when deemed pleonastic. 8.
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It is pleonastic to refer to a class action as a class action suit.
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Pleonastic uses are not considered referential, and so are not part of coreference.
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The second sentence, which omits the pleonastic it is marked as ungrammatical although no meaning is lost by the omission.
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