Wednesday 7 September 2022

Coincidentally

“Ok class, can someone show me the meaning of the word “coincidentally” by appropriately using it in an everyday sentence? Harry?”
“Coincidentally, at the exact same time Covid went rampant, the flu figures seemed to more or less disappear.”
“Yes Harry, that’s an excellent and strikingly illustrative example. The flu, which has been around in human terms pretty much forever, did coincidentally disappear right when Covid appeared. What a coincidence that was. Hello Covid, goodbye flu. Wearing masks and lockdowns, though not effective in making Covid disappear, did wipe out the flu just like that - and maybe even before they came into use. How fragile an illness, which had been around forever, turned out to be.
And so anyway for our next word, which is “gullible”. Can anyone put that in a sentence for me, please? Extra points if you can combine it with “servile”. Sorry Harry, no. I’d like someone else this time.”

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