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  • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    You may want to reconsider your phrasing then if you don’t want it to appear to be argumentative.

    • ConstableJelly@beehaw.org
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      6 months ago

      Neutral party here, I read it naturally as a supplement to your comment, not an opposition. I don’t detect an argumentative tone personally.

      • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
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        6 months ago

        You’re welcome to your opinion but these phrases

        I feel like the opening sentences explained the reasoning behind the article sufficiently,

        They’re not the only ones pointing this out, either.

        are oppositional in tone.

          • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
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            6 months ago

            I didn’t ask you. I didn’t ask the other neutral guy either. Not my issue that you have a problem with me suggesting the original respondent check his phrasing to make his intention clear, or pointing out the specific phrases that make it unclear.

            • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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              6 months ago

              “Everybody on this highway is driving in the wrong lane! What a bunch of idiots!”