Fred56 Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, when all's said and done and the stitch has been stitched in time, cliches are just longer, more complex pause-words, bigger versions of “um” and “ah”. Wouldn't you say?
Retrograder Posted September 30, 2007 Posted September 30, 2007 When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, when all's said and done and the stitch has been stitched in time, cliches are just longer, more complex pause-words, bigger versions of “um” and “ah”. Wouldn't you say? Actually behind every seeming cliche is a complex function of improvisation.
Fred56 Posted October 1, 2007 Author Posted October 1, 2007 Though some classify cliches as "sterile language". They can get irritating when someone overuses them. As I tried to illustrate. They convey an impression that the speaker, or writer, is unable to express themselves in an original way. But let's move forward on this...
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