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The reading of that phrase is "if something seems to good to be true, then it isn't [true]". It seems unhelpful that both "it is" and "it isn't" can be used to
by rgoulter 4y ago
The reading of that phrase is "if something seems to good to be true, then it isn't [true]".
It seems unhelpful that both "it is" and "it isn't" can be used to convey "it's not as good as it appears", though.
- wongarsu 4y agoThat is the intended reading, but it just seems wrong. The sentence parses to me to the components "[if] [something] [seems] [too good to be true], [it] [isn't]", so [isn't] has to apply to [too good to be true].