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"it is also an amount that ASML can not afford to lose" Did you mean to say "it is not an amount that asml cannot afford to lose" or "it is an amount that asml
by bondarchuk 1y ago
"it is also an amount that ASML can not afford to lose"
Did you mean to say "it is not an amount that asml cannot afford to lose" or "it is an amount that asml can afford to lose"?
- yieldcrv 1y agothe former would create a double negative the latter changes the meaning it’s correct the first way, ASML would be harmed by losing that money “cannot afford to lose”
- bondarchuk 1y ago"While 1.3B€ is not pocket change, it is also an amount that ASML can not afford to lose." - The sentence is framed like a contrast but then instead it says the same thing twice.
- realty_geek 1y ago@bondarchuk you are right. Something wrong with that sentence.
- 0x457 1y agoIt reads like the second part counters the first, but it’s actually the same point repeated. It's not that hard to understand.
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- kaechle 1y agoI’ll see your pedantry and raise you ... more pedantry. The sentence may be a bit clunky, but there’s nothing grammatically wrong with it. And you’re leaving out the first sentence, which frames the comparison: > ASML gross revenue was 28B€ in 2024, and their net income was 7.5B€. While 1.3B€ (the amount ASML invested in this 1.7B€ fund raise) is not pocket change, it is also an amount that ASML can not afford to lose. Worded another way: > ASML had a healthy margin of 7.5B€ on 28B€ in gross revenue in 2024. 1.3B€ isn’t a huge chunk of this, relatively speaking, but *it’s also an amount that ASML can’t afford to lose.* Still clunky. Still not wrong.
- kgwgk 1y ago> there’s nothing grammatically wrong with it. There was nothing in the comment that you reply to suggesting that it was grammatically wrong: "The sentence is framed like a contrast but then instead it says the same thing twice." If anything it suggests it's semantically wrong.
- paulddraper 1y agoEither incorrectly worded, or very poorly worded. It's a open question as to which one.
- yieldcrv 1y agolanguage exists to convey a shared concept, you don’t think the sentence means “it’s a lot of money for ASML to risk losing?” and wouldn’t have been mentioned if it meant inconsequential or small?
- paulddraper 1y agoBased on context + structure, I believe the sentence has a stray "not" -- the amount is not small but it is an affordable loss for ASML.
- ath92 1y agoYou replaced “1.3B is not pocket change” with “1.3B€ isn’t a huge chunk of this”. Those have opposite meanings.
- prasoon2211 1y agoRight, it took me a couple of re-reads and I (non-native speaker) ended up asking ChatGPT about it and yes, the sentence is worded incorrectly
- apt-apt-apt-apt 1y agoI think the meaning behind this confusing-ass phrase is, "It's an investment that ASM cannot miss out on making" ('amount' is a brain-teaser to throw you off the intended meaning)
- maeln 1y agoYeah sorry, mistakes on my part, I meant to say it is an amount that ASML can afford to lose