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> The US sees itself as a "force of good" through its influence on the world with its military. > But the US is very bad about CO2 You should probably drop th
by cassianoleal 2y ago
> The US sees itself as a "force of good" through its influence on the world with its military.
> But the US is very bad about CO2
You should probably drop the "but". The US seeing itself as a "force of good" doens't make it one.
- datameta 2y agoI thing the wording already implied perception as opposed to reality.
- cassianoleal 2y agoYes, and then no. > But is used to connect ideas that contrast. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/but https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/but The way it's phrased puts "sees itself as a force of good" in contrast with "is bad". "Is bad" doesn't make sense to be in contrast with "sees itself as...". It's more likely that it's "good [through influence/military]" in contrast with "bad [in CO2]". Alternatively, perhaps it was meant as "(sees itself as) bad [in CO2]" but that's not much of an argument about anything.