Proposed Rule For Writing

You rarely need to hedge twice in the same sentence.
Thoughts?

by Dan Hirschman on August 18, 2008 • Permalink

Posted by Dan Hirschman on August 18, 2008

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anomie
/ August 18, 2008

¯\(º_o)/¯ And then shuffle your feet while staring at the floor. The reviewers will eat it up, I tell you.

But what if your second hedge brings you back to the beginning? Effectively canceling out the primary hedge?
Dan Hirschman
/ August 18, 2008

I request an example where two hedges cancel each other out. Hedging should be additive, not parity-switching like negatives.
Carl
/ August 27, 2008

Agreed. The best writing advice I ever got was “Never apologize.”

Proviso – when things are complicated they’re complicated. That’s not hedging.

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