Tag Archives: Shakespeare

And Yet, But Yet: Pick a Coordinating Conjunction, Any Coordinating Conjunction

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

Colin Cowherd Radio Show, January 22, 2008, talking about Tony Dungy: His family lives in Tampa, but yet Tony Dungy is part of a family….     I have to admit that I didn’t actually hear the rest of the sentence. Once … Continue reading →

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THAT’S Incredible; I’M Incredulous.

Posted on February 24, 2009 by

I’ve heard the word incredulous attributed to situations, as in That’s an incredulous story. The problem is that incredulous means skeptical or disbelieving, which is a human trait, not something that can be attributed to an inanimate object, a theory, … Continue reading →

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