Re:No feigning surprise
by pvg on Saturday April 29, 2017 @06:24PM
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In other words, "a trick to keep from pretending to be surprised is to avoid showing genuine surprise." That doesn't make sense, and it leads me to believe the author didn't understand the definition of "feign".
It makes perfect sense. If you suppress the urge to show surprise in these situation even when you are genuinely surprised, you won't feign surprise either. She's saying 'avoid showing surprise in that context altogether'. I don't see anything in there that suggests the writer didn't know what 'feign' meant.
It makes perfect sense. If you suppress the urge to show surprise in these situation even when you are genuinely surprised, you won't feign surprise either. She's saying 'avoid showing surprise in that context altogether'. I don't see anything in there that suggests the writer didn't know what 'feign' meant.