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Victor_amelkin Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Coherent + cogent

Hello,

Opine please, may a text be described as both coherent and cogent?

As I understand, coherent has quite a broad range of meanings, and it

may particularly denote something close to cogency.

Thanks in advance.

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Victor
  

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No one opines anymore, Victor. Coheren t means understandable and well put together. Cogent means to the point and convincing.

— Mister Micawber

  • No one opines anymore, Victor.
  • Coheren t means understandable and well put together.
  • Cogent means to the point and convincing.
  • A text could easily be described using both adjectives if it satisfied their definitions.
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No one opines anymore, Victor.

Coherent means understandable and well put together.
Cogent means to the point and convincing.

A text could easily be described using both adjectives if it satisfied their definitions.
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Hello Mr Micawber,

Thanks for your comments.

> No one opines anymore, Victor.

Do you mean that "opine" is uncommon nowadays or completely

obsolete? I have not find a single dictionary that marks it as out-
of-use. I cannot say that I uncounter this word on the Net regularly,

but Google produces about 4mln entries containing it.

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It sounds pompous. I used it when I was a college student.
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Does it matter of it sounds pompous? Especially if it gets the point across in a concise, clear manner?
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AnonymousDoes it matter of it sounds pompous?
Yes; that means that it is out of register. In the proper context, it is a fine word.
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