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WotD: Defy belief
Some students have asked me what it means to ‘defy belief.’
This little phrase came up in one of the articles my students and I read recently.
Naturally, when I get questions about a word or phrase, I put it on my list of idioms to write about.
When you hear someone say something defies belief/explanation/ understanding or description, they mean that it’s too crazy, weird or unbelievable to be true.
In yesterday’s post, I discussed Bryan Adams’ rant about not going on tour in the UK because the coronavirus has tarnished his image.
Well, we Canadians have always thought of Bryan Adams as an upstanding Canadian boy.
It defies belief why he would put something like that out on social media.
Well, it does for me.
I thought we got enough of that foolishness from good ol’ Trumpy every day.
I like to think that Bryan was having a bad day, and the fact that his smartphone was at hand made it even worse.
Why so many other people put so much stupid stuff on social media defies understanding.
That’s for sure!
It would be best if you always thought first, wrote your post, and then thought again before publishing.
On another note, where do you stand on the supernatural?
Do you think belief in ghosts, monsters, evil spirits and other supernatural beings defies explanation?
Aren’t there enough strange and dangerous things in the world already without inventing and then believing in paranormal beings?
There’s nothing wrong with a good ghost story on a ‘dark and stormy night,’ but I don’t believe in ghosts; I never did and never will.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 70.
The easier the passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.