Ah, but only a truly great writer could have come up with:
> Start reading books or you're going to look stupid to the people around you
Wherein the prose wasn’t at all sloppy, the tautology was certainly intentional; the implied audience of “look stupid” could be to people entirely absent of the vicinity!
> Start reading books or you're going to look stupid to the people around you
Wherein the prose wasn’t at all sloppy, the tautology was certainly intentional; the implied audience of “look stupid” could be to people entirely absent of the vicinity!