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> That's a funny one, and I agree, and it's also the reason I use "and" instead of "but" for those kinds of sentences. So you agree, but it's also the reason y
by rootlocus 4y ago
> That's a funny one, and I agree, and it's also the reason I use "and" instead of "but" for those kinds of sentences.
So you agree, but it's also the reason you substitute it to hide it?
- mpol 4y agoOh no, I am playing with this in the same way. Saying things like "Yes, but...", just means "No". I regularly change the word "but" to "and". Sometimes it works really well, like, both parts are true. Sometimes it doesn't work, where I really mean to send the message as "No". And sometimes it makes me notice that I don't want to hide a "No" message with a "Yes, but", and change it to say clearly "No". The most dreadful way of hinding a "No" is behind a "Yes, but..." and I know people who are allergic to that way of non-communication.