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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Is "we will be sure to take action if it is deemed necessary" a circular statement/tautology? Greg M., what say you?
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It's more of tautology; as it is designed to say nothing but the conclusion isn't itself a premise. Empty statement constructed in such a way that it works whether the components are true or false - they either will or will not do something based on if they think they should or should not.