Is there something like a sceptical customer? Meaning a customer who questions everything. Is it correct to use this word in this way?
The earliest occurrence of sceptical (or skeptical) that I've been able to find in an English dictionary is in Edward Phillips, The New World of English Words, or a Generall Dictionary (1658): Sceptical, (Greek) contemplative, whence Scepticks are a sort of Philosophers who onely consider and contemplate of things without determining any thing.
You remain sceptical if you doubt something about which you were sceptical in the first place. You continue to remain sceptical if, at a later time, you still doubt it.
The phrase - "I remain sceptical" vs "I continue to remain sceptical"
I am sceptical about my vacation plan. Is this the correct way to write? I wanted to express doubt about my vacation schedule. I have to tell someone that my vacation schedule has yet to be finaliz...
vocabulary - Can I use the word "sceptical" this way? - English ...
I argued this with my product owner (who was the one who wanted to change it in the first place) who finally decided to keep Black/white -list. I believe he's still sceptical about it though. And the feature hasn't been introduced to the product yet so the terms may come to change, I'll definitely discuss the ones you mentioned with him. thanks!
0 I'm proofreading an application and there is this sentence I'm a bit sceptical about: "Apart from that, I have the ability to enthuse myself and others with something new." Wouldn't it be better to say " enthuse for " instead of "enthuse with" or to rewrite the sentence like