atw: Re: Is 'GIF format' a pleonasm?

Hello, Jessica. Don't you mean highly entertained? ;-)

Yes, I suppose "GIF format" is technically a pleonasm (and "PDF format" 
likewise). If we're fastidious enough, we can say "GIF file" and "PDF file" 
instead of using the word "format". 

Now I need to finish my BAS statement and then get some cash out of an ATM 
machine -- if I can read the LCD display and remember my PIN number. 
     
Some members of this list may be interested in The Prig Page (including tests 
of grammatical priggery) at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5229/p_.htm.

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Peter Bloxsom
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jessica Kloiber-Deane 
  To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 4:46 PM
  Subject: atw: Is 'GIF format' a pleonasm?


  Hello, I recently subscribed to austechwriter and thereafter I have been 
silently amused by the degree of fastidiousness. I have been very entertained!

   

  I have two questions: considering GIF is an acronym for Graphics Interchange 
Format, is 'GIF format' a redundant phrase? If so, is the phrase 'JPEG format' 
technically correct? 

   

  Regards,

  Jessica Kloiber-Deane.

   

  jessica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

  www.elementpublishing.com.au

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