Mary prided herself in knowing so much about grammar, but she never earns high grades on essays because she cannot think of-let alone organize-insightful ideas
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does not follow
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what does non sequitur mean in latin
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Non Sequitur
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I had eggplant at the local Italian restaurant and it was disgusting. All eggplant is soggy and bitter.
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Our soccer team was losing until I bought new shoes. We have not lost a game since I got my lucky shoes!
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Non Sequitur
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I got into a car accident on a rainy day. No one should drive in the rain.
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Non Sequitur
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Wooden furniture comes from trees. If trees are cut down, there will be no new furniture.
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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I wore my purple sweater and my team won against all the odds. Therefore I am going to wear that sweater to every game.
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pedantry
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The doctor said to the patient: "It appears as though you have contracted a myriad of helminth infections, our magnetic resonance imaging device has detected platyhelminthes, cestodes, and trematodes
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Lois and Jan did a "snow dance" one afternoon, and it snowed that night. They claimed to have brought the snow.
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pedantry
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Even though Bill was a professional construction foreman, he couldn't name most of the tools being used.​
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pedantry
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my college professor said trump was bad so i'm not voting for him next election
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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The temperature has dropped this morning, and I also have a headache. The cold weather must be causing my headache.
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Non Sequitur
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Dave was arrested for a DUI ten years ago. He's definitely an alcoholic.
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pedantry
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my friend who is a software developer told me how to preform an open heart surgery
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Non Sequitur
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The woman my brother married was a heartless woman. She was from New York. New Yorkers are terrible people.
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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A train always passes after the railroad crossing alarm sounds and the gates come down. Therefore the railroad crossing causes the train to pass.
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an OCD for feeling the need to correct every grammatical error they see
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Pedantry is also the name for
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Non Sequitur
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Mary bakes the best cakes in town. She should run for mayor.
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Non Sequitur
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People love the beach. I think I'll put sand floors in my house.
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Non Sequitur
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My refrigerator is acting up. I'd better read that book by Friday.
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.post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Katie's little brother laughed at the same time that Katie spilled her juice. She yelled at him for causing her to spill her juice.
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Non Sequitur
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lived in a house without a basement. That house flooded. Houses without basements will definitely flood.
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pedantry
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my dentist told me to stop smoking so i did
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Willie wore blue socks to football practice, and he did not drop the ball a single time. Willie decides to wear blue socks to every football practice.
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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Kevin's dog scratched his leg, and that night he had a fever. Kevin concluded that his dog must have infected him with something.
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post hoc ergo propter hoc
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I sneezed at the same time the power went off. My sneeze did something to make the power go off.
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Non Sequitur
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He went to the same college as Bill Gates. He should be famous, too.
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pedantry
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a display of narrow-minded and trivial scholarship; an arbitrary adherence to rules and forms