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Is a tautology always false or true?
Tautologies are always true.
What is a sentence using the word tautology?
Tautology is the useless repetition of words. I am going to the mall or I am not going to the mall is a tautology. Tautology is not simply the useless repetition of words. It is more about redundancy. The example above is tautology but it is because the phrase is redundant. "I may go go the mall today." implies that I may not to to the mall today. To include that I may not would be tautology. Another example of tautology is when you have two words whose meaning is the same used in conjunction. "Free gift" and "unsolved mystery" are tautology. The words are synonymous and therefore they are redundant.
What is Vacuously true statement?
It is often a tautology - a statement which is true bit adds nothing to anyone's knowledge. A recent example is the fatuous remark by the British Prime Minister "Brexit is Brexit".
What could be a valid conclusion from the following given statement If two angles are supplementary then the sum of their measures is 180 are supplementary?
A valid conclusion would be that a tautology is true.
What is the term for using two synonyms in a row?
Tautology
