I think Giles proves his own point. "Stunned" doesn't mean "as surprised as humanly possible." It does imply a very high degree of surprise, but nothing about

I think Giles proves his own point. "Stunned" doesn't mean "as surprised as humanly possible." It does imply a very high degree of surprise, but nothing about the word "stunned" implies an absolute human maximum amount of astonishment. Do you really need to sift through Coding Horror looking for sentence fragments to criticize? Are there no actual errors to report? Then I guess Atwood is doing just fine.