| 1 | What a peculiar thing to say! | |
| 2 | We are fed up with his grumbling. | |
| 3 | His strange remarks planted doubts in our minds about his sanity. | |
| 4 | EXAMPLE: My favorite comedian on the radio always makes off the wall comments about how difficult success in business can be. | |
| 5 | "I am thinking, " replied the Bishop, "of a singular remark, which is to be found, I believe, in St. Augustine, -'Place your hopes in the man from whom you do not inherit. |