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THAT’S Incredible; I’M Incredulous.
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
Posted in grammar, language, writing
Tagged English, grammar error, incredible vs incredulous, language, Miller Lite controversy, Shakespeare, writing
But Yet: Pick a Coordinating Conjunction, Any Coordinating Conjunction
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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Tagged and yet, but yet, coordinating conjunctions, grammar errors, Shakespeare, writing
