ciphergoth comments on Rhetoric for the Good - Less Wrong

49 Post author: lukeprog 26 October 2011 06:52PM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 26 October 2011 09:55:48AM 2 points [-]

For example "The answer turns out to be A, not B" is usually better as "The answer turns out to be not B but A".

Comment author: TheOtherDave 26 October 2011 08:18:01PM 1 point [-]

And often still better as "The answer turns out to be A."
And sometimes even better as "The answer is A." And on occasion as "A."