English Language & Usage Asked by MANGo 92 on June 3, 2021
Does the following sentence make sense?
Sounds somewhat wordy to me.
“Following along this line of argumentation, it is reasonable to assume that…”
It makes sense, that is, the meaning is clear, but the formulation contains a redundancy. Of "following" and "along" one only is needed; it's a matter of personal choice.
Both are used figuratively, as in the questioned sentence, although the first is much more common (ngram) and the second is more often used literally than figuratively.
Answered by LPH on June 3, 2021
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