> I think I understand what an oxymoron is and does You clearly don't, or you wouldn't have mistakenly thought that phrase represented an oxymoron. > "The Air

> I think I understand what an oxymoron is and does You clearly don't, or you wouldn't have mistakenly thought that phrase represented an oxymoron. > "The Air India flight 171 passenger survived just fine after visiting the hospital." No need to introduce a completely arbitrary sentence in some attempt to justify your mistake. Just accept that you were wrong and try not to make that mistake again. It's easy.