I do move from first person to second person in this post. I intentionally write this way in blogs to make it feel more conversational – focusing on my impressions and then extending attention onto my readers.
ChapLynne is correct that “digressive tangent” is redundant. Additionally, the sentence that follows is redundant “soon forgotten” is the same (relatively) as saying “Whatever you were about to say is lost.” In editing, I’m not sure I would remove the former as my intent was to explain what I meant by “lost.” In hindsight, I would have adjusted the sentence to read: “Whatever you were about to say is soon forgotten,” and leave it at that!
For those who voted that digressive tangent is underscored for emphasis – that is not necessarily wrong. In this case, however, I underscored them strictly to draw your attention to those words for the purpose of the quiz.
Digressive tangent is not an oxymoron. An oxymoron is when two, neighboring words contradict one another. A common oxymoron that is frequently joked about is “jumbo shrimp”! Can you think of other, humorous oxymorons? Write about them here. It might be fun!
“How the heck should I know,” is a perfectly valid response that is free from judgment on my part!
“Digressive” and ”tangent” may be considered impressively big words, but that is subjective. In fact, the issue of word selection in various applications will be addressed in a future page on this blog. Sometimes it is better to keep it simple! We shall see!
Finally, I am working on a page that delves into the impact of spelling issues when it comes to writing differences between people from foreign lands. It will focus upon postcolonialism’s role in language rules. Stay tuned. Thanks for stopping by!
Hey, Rose! Not to split hairs, but don’t people emphasize things to draw people’s attention to them? I’ve become very sloppy in my writing the last couple years, so I may be using words more ‘loosely’ than I ought to!
Nathara, surely people emphasize things to draw attention to them. Some people get a bit carried away and bold, underscore and CAPITALIZE all over the place. It defeats the purpose. Some don’t know how to pick the correct terms to emphasize in their writing.
Loose is okay, however. That is, unless you are writing a business letter!