When I first began reading David Crystal's "How Language Works," I was a bit perplexed.
I have to admit I was a bit perplexed when I was a panelist recently at Tavis Smiley's "We Count: The Black Agenda is the American Agenda" forum, which focused heavily on what President Barack Obama has not done for the black community, rather than the significant down payment he has made in our communities this past year.
I respected the heck out his online fundraising, but when I tried digging for information about who, exactly, Howard Dean was; I didn't find much on his website that differentiated him from other candidates in the race, and so I must admit I was a bit perplexed at his "draw" among some very passionate Democrats, including quite a number of young ones.
Conor Friedersdorf, the Atlantic writer and supporter of gay rights, thinks not: "Robust, open public discourse about homosexuality has brought about steady gains for proponents of gay equality, but a campaign by the victors to stigmatise the defeated could bring about a backlash... I'm a bit perplexed by the people who are celebrating his firing under the present circumstances.
The Rev. Dr. William Thomas Jr. I'm a bit perplexed.
"I was a bit perplexed why he was taking it.
I was a bit perplexed by "Cling to a Dream (or Call It a Day)"(Preludes, March 17), in which Abby Ellin advised people who haven't achieved success in their chosen field to honestly reassess the likelihood of reaching their goals.
"I was a bit perplexed by the new demographic, to be honest".
I was a bit perplexed, though: Could altitude sickness really have knocked me flat on my back?
But with the calorie count for salads listed as between 155 and 823, she was a bit perplexed.
I was a bit perplexed at the time as to why the referee consulted the linesman on the far side, which seemed a bit bizarre.
