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lampathy · Icarian Member

I think ten bottles for the party will be adequate enough. What is the problem with this sentence? Apparently, there is a name for it, but I am stuck!!

groza528 · No Place Like Home

Is it that the clause 'for the party' should be at the end?
If not I'm not quite sure.

Orbiting · very ign-o-rable

It's redundant, if that's what you mean.
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Sofis · Beautiful and Decadent

Or, if one wants to nitpick, "adequate enough" is a redundancy. The sentence itself is hardly redundant, as this thread would be somewhat pointless without it

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sweetwater · Male Member

You need twenty bottles?

Agonised Boy · Daedalian Member

tautology?

cubestudent · 3D Member

obviously those are ten empty bottles, and used to contain something alcoholic.

UnheardVoice · Daedalian Member

You don't need 10 bottles to play "Spin the Bottle".

Cadmium · Heavy Metal

Indeed, adequate enough is the error.

it's like saying:

Nepali · Icarian Member

I may return back later to tell all of you everybody what a redundancy is and what it is to be uselessly and unnecessarily verbose.