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Pchuang Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

'as often as not', is it often? or not often?

if it means often, why 'not'?
if it means not often, why dictionaries say it means often?

very confusing!
  

Top answer

com/topic/more-often-than-not which, in a quick translation, would make: more often than not often

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This version might be more readable:

more often than not
http://www.answers.com/topic/more-often-than-not
which, in a quick translation, would make: more often than not often
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more often than not
makes more sense than 'as often as not'

thanks.
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