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"Deduct" means to subtract, or take away. "Deduce" means to logically follow evidence. Semantically, there's no overlap, whatever etymology might say. This is
by bediger4000 2y ago
"Deduct" means to subtract, or take away.
"Deduce" means to logically follow evidence. Semantically, there's no overlap, whatever etymology might say.
This is one of those problems where spell check is correct, but the word is used incorrectly.
- tantalor 2y agoWrong, "deduce" means to rule out possibilities, literally deduct them from the space of all possible universes. "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
- tossandthrow 2y agoCurios aside here: when pointing out a grammatical error of this sort, what school of English does it rely on? I mean, English has grown to a point where where the British English dictionary does not hold sole authority.
- helmette 2y agoThis is false. To deduce is to draw (ducere) a conclusion from (de) premisses.
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