In the service, a penitent Charles will acknowledge and solemnly bewail his “manifold sins and wickedness” and promise to be faithful to Camilla. —Paul Majendie —Charles, Camilla Finally Tie Knot After 35 Years (Yahoo!)
Awkward grammar. While the author obviously meant “promise” as a verb, if you take “promise” as a noun, it seems to be the object of “bewail,” suggesting that at a solemn religious service, the Prince of Wales will bewail his promise to be faithful to his new wife.
I first started teaching with this handout in 1999 and posted it on my blog…
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. @thepublicpgh
[A] popular type of generative AI model can provide turn-by-turn driving directions in New York City…
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Freudian slip, perhaps?