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IAWYC but the two statements should not sound exactly alike, they should sound exactly as convincing. If they were both true, then the first form would be more poetic and better-written than the second, but still should not sound any more convincing.
What does IAWYC mean?
"IAWYC" is short for "I agree with your conclusion". See this post and its comment thread.
Irritatingly, this site now has its own non-standard acronym for the Internet standard "IAWTC".
It's clearly an in-crowd Shibboleth that's used to recognize fellow LWer's.
I dunno if that's irritating or not.