Aug 22, 2026, 9:07 PMAnyone else allergic to re-using the same starting word for any two paragraphs in the same piece of writing? I don't think anyone would notice, but I always think it automatically makes it sound repetitive.
- Aug 22, 2026, 9:07 PM
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Brian Nicarwendigo@metalhead.clubAug 22, 2026, 9:10 PM@hl Definitely, buddy. I don't do it.
Jake in the desertjake4480@c.imAug 22, 2026, 9:11 PM@hl yeah, I try to avoid it. If it happens, sure. But for the most part, nah.
Danrtfm@social.lolAug 22, 2026, 9:18 PM@hl I could see circumstances where it’s acceptable, but if it’s done frequently? I could see that being annoying. I could see multiple words at the start of each sentence being worse, though.
Ben Curthoysbencurthoys@mastodon.socialAug 22, 2026, 9:22 PM@hl One time ok. Two times bad. Three times good.
- Ben Curthoysbencurthoys@mastodon.socialAug 22, 2026, 9:24 PM
@hl Four times weird. Five times might be a poem. Six times probably just a list.
- Aug 22, 2026, 9:38 PM
@bencurthoys 😂
I've heard that 'repetition legitimises', but perhaps you do too much of it, and people start wondering why you won't shut up about it. - Ben Curthoysbencurthoys@mastodon.socialAug 22, 2026, 9:56 PM
@hl "Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair."Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What i tell you three times is true."