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

Yes, and then they're used so often that they become meaningless. As Samuel Goldwyn is reported to have said, "Let's have some new clichés."

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