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Re: About Cliches...(New Thread)
Posted By: Mousie, on host 199.107.4.10
Date: Thursday, November 4, 1999, at 16:29:16
In Reply To: About Questions...(New Thread) posted by Fawcett on Thursday, November 4, 1999, at 16:12:46:

> *** NOTICE *** This is a new thread about Questions, and is not subject to its rules.
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> As I remember from reading about it, clichés and rhetoric are invalid.
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> Statements are invalid UNLESS they point out an invalid statement. So, "STATEMENT!", "RHETORIC!", and "CLICHÉ!" are valid, even though they are not questions.
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> If I can find it again, I'll tell you all the name of the book.
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> Fawcett

Somewhat like generalizations and their relationship to stereotypes, don't cliches become cliche because their relevance makes them often-used?

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