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| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Successive sentences beginning with the same word | Moreover, the street is almost entirely residential. Moreover, it was named after a poet. | Repetitions (Style) |
| Suggest synonyms for repeated words. | Repetitions (Style) | |
| add salt to injury (insult to injury) | Don't be like that and add salt to injury! | Semantics |
| right in (up) my alley | That is right in my alley. | Semantics |
| two peas in a pot (pod) | You are like two peas in a pot. | Semantics |
| tender hooks (tenterhooks) | I’m on tender hooks waiting for my exam results! | Semantics |
| case and (in) point | Some can be transmitted without apparent symptoms; this disease is a case and point. | Semantics |
| besides (beside) the point | I don’t know why you brought that up; that’s besides the point. | Semantics |
| Impossible dates (April 31st, etc.) | She will join us on June 31st. | Semantics |
| Impossible dates (April 31st, etc.) | She will join us on the 34th of Nov. | Semantics |
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