American Independence: Incredible
Raleigh, North Carolina, June 30, 2017 - Incredible? The word ‘credible’ came from the Latin word credibilis, which means capable of being believed, being of a trustworthy source, or being sufficient. We have learned in school how some root words are transformed to its opposite meaning by adding appropriate negative prefixes such as “in” and “un”. So basically ‘incredible’ is exactly the opposite of credible. But while the term “incredible” is often mistakenly associated as, if not with, “fantastic”, “astonishing”, “fabulous”, and “amazing”, it’s not really what the word primarily entails until literature has made a great influence to include a positive definition, which contradicts the entire sense, of the word to the dictionary. We no longer use incredible to mean the literal opposite of credible just as we no longer use unbelievable as the literal opposite of believable.
When you use or hear that word, take the time to examine the situation, because if you fail to hand in homework and your teacher says that your excuse is incredible, that does NOT mean she’s impressed by it. Seriously!
But what is exactly meant by “Incredible American Independence”? That depends on what stand does one has on the matter.
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Looking forward to reading this June 2017 issue.