Between people talking optimistically about a deal and a deal...
In response, the prime minister’s spokesman said on Monday: “It is worth me pointing out that there’s a difference between people talking optimistically about a deal and a deal, including both a withdrawal agreement and the future framework, actually being agreed”.
(The Guardian.)
Is it a difference between "people talking about deal" and "a deal" [itself] or between "a deal [being optimistically talked about] and "a deal, including both a withdrawal agreement and the future framework, actually being agreed" in the passage above?
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There is a difference between "people talking optimistically about a deal" and "a deal, including both a withdrawal agreement and the future framework, actually being agreed" upon. In fewer words, you could also say there is a difference between talking about a deal and actually making a deal.
- There is a difference between "people talking optimistically about a deal" and "a deal, including both a withdrawal agreement and the future framework, actually being agreed" upon.
- In fewer words, you could also say there is a difference between talking about a deal and actually making a deal.
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There is a difference between
"people talking optimistically about a deal"
and
"a deal, including both a withdrawal agreement and the future framework, actually being agreed" upon.
In fewer words, you could also say there is a difference between talking about a deal and actually making a deal.
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